Money is Like Water
Did you know that money is like water? It tends to flow along certain channels. In a similar way, that money tends to flow to, through, or around each of us like water. Some of us tend to repel money like water off a duck’s back. Some of us try to soak up as much of this money as we can – like a sponge in a sink of water. Our goal is to get as much as we can so that the sponge is saturated. Others of us recognize the flowing nature of money and choose to be a channel. We help the money flow into good and beneficial places.
I first came across this idea when someone introduced me to the concept of “pipes and buckets.” He said that some people deal with money like a bucket. They try to get filled up. Unfortunately, once the bucket is filled, there is no room for more. And even what is in the bucket will tend to stagnate.
Other people are like pipes. The water flows through them. They may always be just as full as the bucket, but the supply of water just keep coming. They move money to other people and to other programs so that it can always be working in new ways. And it seems that you can never out-give the source. In other words, the flow continues.
Is there any advantage to being a pipe in terms of understanding of money? I would like to suggest that there is. Here are just a few.
First of all, the impact you have in the world is multiplied many times when you are moving money away from yourself. People will benefit from your gifts and your investments. Programs will grow stronger because of your commitment to them. By moving money away from yourself, you have the opportunity to make the world a better place.
Secondly, you are enriched. When you horde money for yourself, you only get the enjoyment of the things that money can buy. This may be nice for a while, but it will soon stagnate. It will rarely satisfy on a deeper level. When you use money to help others, you will benefit almost as much as they do. You will grow in self confidence, and your heart will find a satisfaction that things by themselves will never buy.
And then there is a third benefit. Pipes just seems to work better with money than buckets do. Water is meant to flow. It seems to be the same with money. Once the flow has started into the mouth of the pipe, it tends to attract more water to take its place. As more and more water flows into the pipe, more keeps coming to replace it. Its almost as though a river bed is carved out and water from many surrounding areas is funneled to your pipe! You will continue to enjoy a seemingly endless supply of water and you can always be funneling it to other areas of need.
There are many different ways to make money – you can find links to a number of them on this page. The first thing, and probably more important thing is to understand who you are. Are you just trying to get money for yourself? Or do you see yourself as a pipe that can channel the flow of money to many other people and programs.
I wish you success. May money flow through you like a great river.
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