Paying the Bills Truly CAN Be Painless
By Rebecca Hanson.
Ugh! The handful of bills feels like an armload
of bricks. My stomach hurts and - darnn! Where did that calculator go, anyway?
I scrounge through my wallet for the latest ATM slip. The balance mirrors
my desire to perform this monthly ritual of Paying the Bills: virtually nil.
Yet there's a tiny voice in the back of my mind asking, "Will I always feel
this awful about Paying the Bills?"
I remember how I felt when my dad performed
the ritual of Paying the Bills. The tension would escalate as he prepared
the dining room table as his workspace. Out came the ledger, the check-book,
three sharpened pencils, a big rubber eraser, a black-ink pen and a large
calculator. I would run for my bedroom when the confrontation began: "Why
did you spend so much on this?" "You didn't write down how much check number
222 was for!" It seemed safer to hide in my room and blot out those sounds
by listening to my radio.
When I got married, my husband carried on the
ritual of Paying the Bills. He performed his duties with an even scarier
tactic - icy silences, followed by a verbal blast three days after Paying
the Bills. I never got used to this new, darker aspect of the ritual.
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You might think that after 50+ years of experiencing Paying the Bills this
way that the ritual MUST be acted out full of anxiety, fear, accusations
and threats. Not so. I'm living proof that even if you've performed the ritual
this way for as long as you can remember, you can change the entire mood
of Paying the Bills.
Understanding how the Law of Attraction works
to send me more of whatever I'm feeling, I decided that I wanted to feel
good about Paying the Bills. I asked myself this question: When do I feel
good about writing checks or spending money? The answer: When I'm shopping
for things that I enjoy and appreciate. So, I decided to change the name
of the ritual from Paying the Bills to Spending Money! As soon as I did that,
my mood shifted.
At first, I had to remind myself that I'm Spending
Money! and I LOVE Spending Money! I had to consciously replace the phrase
Paying the Bills with Spending Money! Now it's natural to think of the ritual
as Spending Money!
Then I reminded myself of all the blessings
I receive for the services that I'm Spending Money! on. I LOVE the way I'm
able to speak with clients and friends, children and grandchildren who live
far from me, by phoning them. So I LOVE Spending Money! to pay for the use
of my telephone.
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I LOVE the extra time
I gain by the software enhancements my programmer has developed for my business,
so I LOVE Spending Money! on programming.
I LOVE all the freedom I have to order my day
for work and play, so I LOVE Spending Money! on secretarial and bookkeeping
services.
I LOVE living in a beautiful luxurious harborside
condo, so I LOVE Spending Money! to live here.
Now I look forward to the privilege of Spending
Money! Each week I perform this ritual with such joy that by the time I've
balanced four checking accounts, written a dozen or so checks, photocopied
statements, stapled receipts, addressed and stamped all the envelopes, I
am HIGH! I LOVE Spending Money!
The next time you begin the ritual of Paying
the Bills, just try and NOT think of what you are doing as Spending Money!
Now that you know it's possible to have fun Spending Money! the old ritual
just won't be the same.
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Do you have a secret dream, desire or hope? Contact Rebecca to learn how
YOU can live your dream!
Rebecca is leading a training course for Coaches,
Therapists, Nurses and other Professionals who are ready to make a paradigm
shift within themselves (a change from one way of thinking to another) to
better serve their clients or patients.
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