If money could buy happiness, a lot of dead entertainers would still be wowing audiences around the world. Numerous people that “had it made” and “had the world by the tail” before they made the decision to end their “ideal life”.

If the money and fame and toys and stuff had created such a good life, why would they have opted out of that great life?

And, you can find a large number of people that have won the lottery that are not happy. There have been a couple of books published that document how their lives have gone downhill after getting the big payout.

If you’re not comfortable in your own skin without a lot of money, that feeling of disquiet will just get more overpowering if your income gets bigger. The belief of being less than is still one of the leading things that will drive a person like this right back into their original situation.

Have you ever noticed that regardless of how much you earn, you always have the same amount left at the end of the month. Just like “nature abhors a vacuum”, our subconscious idea about how much we deserve will limit the amount of money we have to work with. If that amount is small and you win get a huge windfall, we will find a way to get rid of it.

Until you alter your inside feelings, your outer situation will not change. It is like having an “income thermostat” to control your pocket book.

In the words of Dr. Joe Vitale, we must to improve our feeling of “deservedness” before we can manage the vastly improved economic condition. Einstein states “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”

By deservedness, this does not mean that you are a victim and deserve to be taken care of. No, it means that you are worthy of great things. You are worthy of improving your position in life and to do that on your own. Not by someone else taking you under their wing and putting you in the line for hand outs.

I’m not infering that someone that has a lot of money or a lot of stuff isn’t happy. Not by a long shot. I know a few that have a lot of net worth and that are very happy. But, the happiness is NOT an outcome of having the money and the toys.

The bottom line is that until you improve your self image, you will not be able to handle big things. You will not be able to take care of lots of money, a good job, the great partner or any of the other great things. Without making the inner changes, if these things come along, you will just push them away.

So, start today to believe that you are a worthwhile person that is worthy of attaining great things. Start taking action the action to become happy and the other things will follow.

Life is as good as I allow it to be.

If you want the see a unique view of how to be happy, visit Dave Owen’s site “I Choose Happiness“. You will find ways to be happy, one smile at a time.

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