'If' is a conditional statement. Be careful how you use it.
For example, consider the statement: 'If' I had more money, I would be happy.
So what if you didn't have more money, would that mean you wouldn't be happy? If you never made more money, would you ever be happy? And what exactly is 'more money?' $100? $1,000? What exactly is 'more money'?
That is one giant hurdle to jump over to find happiness, isn't it?
But now let's flip that statement around.....
'If I were happier, I would make more money.'
And Voila! You're life just improved 1000%!
You didn't set a condition to achieve happiness.....but happiness became a condition to making 'more money'. In order to make more money, I need to find happiness, happiness at work, at home, with myself, etc. That happiness fuels your ambitions and your persistence to reach your goals.
If it seems like you're just running on life's treadmill....running and running and running but getting nowhere, then stop and listen to the things you are saying to yourself. You might be surprised that the things you are saying to yourself are keeping you stuck and keeping you from moving forward.
Just a thought :)
Love and Peace to you and yours!
I couldn't agree more! This is very enlightening. Happy people make more money. Money in itself doesn't make people happy. For me, happiness is freedom. Money is just metal, cotton or numbers in a network. People made money. It's silly how a person's self-worth is sometimes dependent on their net worth. These two are very different.