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WHO OWNS IT ANYWAY? | Chapter 3
You have the power to change how you view money and its uses. Money doesn’t own you, neither do you own it. This new perspective will bring about a change in your relationship with money and possessions. Furthermore, when you align your financial decisions with what you’ve discovered to be meaningful to you, it will change your commitments, and you’ll make better choices about how you relate and respond to circumstances. You’ll see a dramatic shift in how you handle money and how you feel about it. This is when you’ll find that money loses its grip on your heart and reverts to being a method with which to trade. Eventually, you will not be known for what you in your possession, but for what you have given, not for what you have accumulated, but for what you have allocated. You will find out for yourself that generosity is a great way to increase joy, as well as happy emotions.
Make the decision to be an administrator. What will it take? It will require that you stop being self-centred and that you recognise that life is not all about you. This is a simple definition of maturity, and it’s neither easy nor comfortable. That is why, unfortunately, some people never mature, even in old age. People who don’t mature still hold the perspective that everything is all about them and what they can get. Because they
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