Why they call it currency and what it can do for you

Currency represents money.  Paper bills and coins
are currency.  There are trillions of dollars circulating
through the global monetary system.  The amount
of cash that the public holds varies seasonally, by
the day of the month, and even by the day of the
week.

For example, people demand a large amount of
cash for shopping and vacations during the
year-end holiday season.  People also typically
withdraw cash at ATMs over the weekend, so
there is more cash in circulation on Monday than
on Friday according to the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York.  The point I want to make is that
money is always circulating.

This makes “So What’s In It For You” the five most
important words.  This leads us to the second philosophy
of Money on Your Terms:

Money is always flowing

Last week, I discussed the first philosophy: You are worthy
to receive money.  This week, we will continue with the
second of seven philosophies in a series of newsletters
on how to win with money.

Growing up, I yearned to be optimistic.  I could never
understand why I was raised under the notion that
“money doesn’t grow on trees” and “money can’t make
you happy.”  With these type of beliefs planted into me
it is no wonder I had conflicted feelings about money.
I initially chose to believe that money is not that important,
as it should be viewed as a bad thing.  The problem
was I needed money to pay for my bills, drive my car,
and even talk to friends and family on the phone.
The struggle was no fun, and I worried over the
continuous desire for more money in order to at
least function comfortably in life.  Since money is
in fact always circulating, I was blocking a larger
flow of it to me with my negative attitude about it.
Some other language I bought into was:

It is too hard to get ahead financially.
I work too hard for my money.
We can’t afford that.
That costs too much.

Speaking these words did no justice to my wellbeing.
I was living a life of disappointment and put a great
amount of stress on myself with this type of limitation.

So how did I change my belief about money?  When I
was in my late twenties, I had a mentor who told me
that money is always circulating.  From that day forward,
I adopted that same belief.  That is how I came up with
the philosophy that money is always flowing, which
ultimately put an end to the conflict I lived with.

To open up the flow every day I write this statement:
Money comes to me from unexpected sources.
To make it even more specific I use a dollar amount.

You can do the same.  For example:
$5,000 comes to me from unexpected sources to pay my debt.
$25,000 comes to me from unexpected sources.
5 new customers come to me from unexpected sources.

If you thought just now, “That is ridiculous, you can’t
just write it down and it will happen,” I thought the
same too until I tried it, then all of a sudden money
started coming from all kinds of unexpected sources.
Sometimes the amount is large and sometimes it is
small, but at the end of the day, it all adds up into
my bank account.

Give it a shot.  See what happens.

There is plenty of currency to go around.  It all starts
with your believing in it.  Move forward with the belief
that money is always flowing to you and watch how
an unexpected check arrives, or how that job promotion
is handed to you, or how a new client wants your
services.  It happens because you are now connected
to the circulation of currency in the world’s monetary
system.