I was reading an e-book today by Joe Vitale called “The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History!” Basically it was about letting go of the fear you won’t have enough money and to really enjoy giving money away. It’s a pretty amazing thing if you can learn to trust the Universe that abundance will be provided for you – just for the asking.

Joe was telling a story about a friend who owed him money for a long time, but had not been paying him back. It made me think about several people who have owed me a lot of money for years. I have certainly vacillated between being sick about it and being okay with it.

In reality I know that I live in an abundant world and I’m always taken care of. But there is that “human” part of me whose ego gets in the way. “It’s not fair” is a statement I used to hear myself saying over and over again. I remember my mother telling me, “The world is not fair” and “nobody ever promised you a rose garden.”

Geesh, that used to make me mad! I wanted the world to be “fair.” Didn’t I deserve “fair?”

A few years ago while I was in the midst of complaining about something unjust that had happened “to me,” I had a wise old man pose this question: “Are you at ease at this moment?”

I found myself saying, “Yeah, but…” And he gently and lovingly stopped me and tried to get me to focus on the moment asking, “In this very moment, is there anything wrong?”

I found that to be such an interesting question! It didn’t matter what had happened to me hours, days or years ago. Was I any less or a person or in any physical danger because of it? No!

It truly is so easy for us to pull our focus away from the moment and worry about something that – perhaps – isn’t really all that important after all. So now when I find myself stressing out about something, I try to ask myself if I’m at ease. I find that it pulls me right out of my “moment” and back into Joy.

I hope that this story helps you in some small way. If you would like a free copy of Joe’s e-book, let me know via e-mail and I’ll send it to you.