The looking glass

I was recently thinking how sooner or later, the images we have  in our heads about ourselves and our finances, becomes true in the real world. Reality is like a mirror of what we really believe about ourselves. The following poem from James Allen, in his book "as a man thinketh" illustrates this:

Mind is the Master power that moulds and makes,
And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes
The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills,
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills: —
He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass:
Environment is but his looking-glass.

When I encountered a major financial setback years ago and ran out of cash, I began my moneyseeking earnestly when I was given the opportunity to work, even though it was a low paid job. That job saved me from imminent financial disaster, and I swore I would make the most of it. I carried the above quote to work with me everyday, and every time I looked at it, I reminded myself that where I was now, was not where I was going to be in the future. I told myself that as long as I kept believing that I would be wealthy one day, and kept working and saving my money, my surroundings would gradually change around me. It was all down to my mind and what I believed, no matter what anybody else told me.

If you believe you will master your finances one day, and keep learning and trying, eventually your reality will match your thoughts.