Day Five

Prayers tend to be answered in mysterious ways. A billion dollars is a lot to ask for. There are no guarantees that I’ll receive it. But I continue to press on in faith regardless of my circumstances. I continue to be grateful for all of the blessings I already have. And I continue to be a blessing in the lives of those around me, at least I set my intention on it.

However life plans to meet my needs is acceptable to me. There is not one right for me to be successful. If I buy an investment, expecting it to make me rich, I will more than likely be disappointed.  If I put all of my effort and energy into writing a hit song, there are no promises of financial reward or inner satisfaction. Life has a plan for me, and I commit myself to flowing in that plan instead of trying to swim against the current in order to get what I want the way that I want it.

Believing for a billion dollars means I keep believing and re-establishing my faith daily in the direction of my hope-filled expectation. I continue to express gratitude for my life every step of the way, even when things aren’t going the way I expect them to. I continue to pick up the pennies, dimes, and nickels I find lying wayward on the ground; knowing it won’t make me a billionaire one coin at a time but trusting in the power that holds the universe together.

There may be no experiential knowledge in me of what it will be like to be a billionaire. I don’t know how massive the weight of responsibility will be; however, I do know to whom much is given, much is required. I know the danger of asking for a billion dollars. I also know changing my external circumstances will not be able to change my inner attitudes.

Money does not have the ability to make me happy or sad, positive or negative, generous or stingy, at least not long term. I need to take responsibility for my inner attitudes because I take them with me wherever I go. If I’m a desperate, lonely poor person, I’ll be a desperate, lonely wealthy person. I want to enter my new-found, financial freedom with joy and gaiety because I want to live my current life with joy and gaiety. If I’m enjoying my life now, feeling like a personal success story regardless of my income, then becoming a billionaire will just give me a new tool for expressing my love and gratitude in bigger and better ways.