Badassery Magazine October 2017 Issue 17 | Page 57

S
o many times we find our-
selves spinning our wheels.
Working more and more,
harder and harder, and finding
ourselves further and further
behind on our financial goals.
Whether we have made a mis-
take with debts, followed some-
one else’s poor example, or
allowed ourselves to be swept up
into keeping with the Joneses,
it is absolutely necessary, nay
divine, to forgive ourselves be-
fore we can begin to accrue new
wealth.
Sooo, HOW do we actually
forgive? Forgiveness is hard. It
is painful. It hurts our very core.
But it is also necessary. And one
of the first things we can do is
simply recognize that we are
no longer the same person that
made that mistake, or allowed
someone else to hurt us. We must
take responsibility for having
BEEN that person, but also
recognize our growth. You can
journal about it, do some mir-
ror work or tapping, or charge
a crystal to help you during a
meditation or dream sequence. A
powerful exercise here is to take
a photo of yourself today, and
caption it on a document, private
blog or journal with something
along the lines of ‘the time I
broke up with using my credit
cards to live beyond my means,’
or ‘today I started to pay my bills
when they come in, instead of
waiting for their due dates and
falling behind.’ By doing this, we
are literally freezing this snap-
shot in time so that we can move
on.
Forgiving other people isn’t easy
either, and while yes, it’s our
financial life we are trying to fix,
there’s no lying about the fact
that the way we allow other peo-
ple to treat us DOES impact our
lifestyle. For example, Maureen’s
** ex-husband was a deadbeat.
He never paid a single bill,
couldn’t hold a job, and didn’t
take care of his wife or his dog-
gy. Maureen fell into deeper and
deeper debt while working her
own job, trying to take care of all
of the household finances as well
as all of the household respon-
sibilities, AND trying to provide
some sort of recreation, hoping
to motivate him to get moving.
Yes, it was Maureen’s choice, but
it was also a direct result of her
ex-husband’s actions towards
her. When she finally broke free,
and forgave herself (and him) for
holding her back, she was grant-
ed a promotion at work and is
currently working to pay down
her debts.
Forgiveness isn’t an easy job,
but it’s a KEY step to greater
wealth. When we let forgiveness
smolder, it doesn’t burn out, but
rather it continues to consume
slowly but surely, and can lead to
some serious resentment. When
we forgive, which doesn’t mean
forgetting, the energy is puri-
fied, and room is made for new,
glorious wealth to move in. Say it
with me now, “I forgive you! The
person you are today is NOT the
person you were yesterday, and
you are moving towards a better,
wealthier tomorrow!”
**Name has been changed to
protect the innocent
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About the Author
Emily Marie David is your intuitive money coach. Creator
of the 21 day Money Madness Bootcamp and the FairySong
Wealth Activations, she uses her familial gifts to help you find
your own intuition. With Emily's help, you can bust through
your limiting beliefs, deep dive into money blocks, heal your
past, and call in a brand new abundant future! Emily is an
educator and bouncer in her off hours, so her no-excuses
game is READY to help you quit spinning your wheels and get
shift happening!
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