That's the power of compounded interest at work. Every investment we make in our own lives and in our dreams helps us to grow and expand beyond our current limitations, just like the interest on a mutual fund helps the initial deposit grow and expand. The more we invest, the more interest we earn, and the greater the rewards will be in all areas of our lives.
Many of us are so busy with jobs and family demands, we just about have time to get home from work and make a sandwich. Maybe call our accountant once a month to see how our money is doing, if we even have an accountant. After all, we're doing OK, aren't we? We're surviving, aren't we? I don't know about you, but I want my life to be more than just DOING OK. Whether or not you believe in reincarnation, this is the only life you get RIGHT NOW, so why not make it the best it can be RIGHT NOW?
We tend to trust our financial advisors more than we trust our own inner advisors, our intuitive mind. We put more stock in the Dow Jones than in, well, in my case, MARIE JONES. We must stop the busyness of life and ask ourselves - WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET I OWN? If you say your house, your car, or your stock portfolio, you are bound for disappointment, for those are things that can be taken away at any time. Author and Unity minister Joseph Murphy said, "Man's greatest folly is in not realizing that the true riches are within himself already, if he could but just bring them forth." This is the kind of self-investment I'm talking about, the kind that pays fabulous dividends.
The amount of undeveloped and wasted human potential on this planet is tragic. We seem so sure that our fortune lies somewhere outside of us, we forget everything we need is already within us, just waiting to be nurtured and released. Jerry Gillies, author of "Moneylove" says, "You are already your most valuable property, and investing in property improvement is the smartest move you can make in productively using your money and time." We invest in repairing and remodeling our houses, why not our lives?
Imagine that you are a bank. In fact, you can call yourself "THE BANK OF YOU - Open 24 Hours." Every coin or bill you deposit into your "account" is a positive action, a new skill, a developed talent, a self-empowering experience. The more you deposit, the more options and opportunities you create for yourself, building upon your own wealth the same way the money you put into your real bank account builds upon the investments and interests of the accumulated accounts of that particular institution.
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