You See The Problem Is….

You see the problem is that you don’t what is the problem.  I’m so sick and tired of people that I talk to believing that where they are financially is all tied to a decision they made today.

Your life is not the result of a decision you made in this moment.  Your life is the result of all of the decisions you’ve made or have not made rolled up into the mess you see today.

A water or light bill being disconnected is not the result of you not getting paid this week or your check being a little short.  It may seem like it is so but that is a mere delusion you’ve created for yourself.  Perhaps just maybe you’re wearing your light bill money.  Maybe that cell phone you’re talking on is more important to you than being able see your dog at night when the sun goes down.  Maybe you blew that bonus check on a big screen TV instead of putting it back for rainy days.

You see the problem is you’re priorities are all screwed up.  You see the problem is that you have poor money management skills.  You see the problem is you are not thankful for those kind people who let you have the water and light before they ask you for money.

I’m no saint I’ve been there too but I’m not so naive as to believe that today (Tuesday, December 1st, 2009) is the cause of my lack of money problems.  The only way I stand a chance of changing my situation is that I’ve got to look at my situation comprehensively.  I’ve got to attack it from a few different angles.  I’ve got to take full responsibility for where I am.  (Oh no there goes that word RESPONSIBILITY!)

That’s why people rarely get any better because they are immediately looking to jump out of the frying pan into the skillet as the old folks use to say.  They don’t want to linger in the uncomfortableness to see what they can learn.  They want to get out quickly so they can get back in.

Am I being a little unsympathetic to those who have come upon tough times?  Only you can be judge of that.  I do know that in my situation almost all my struggles in life have been self-induced.  I’ve given myself the poison and then looked up and asked all those around me why I was bedridden?

The problem is that I was the problem.  I was he.  I was the culprit that I kept looking for.  The only time you can’t see a shadow is in darkness.  A lot of people run around in the dark 24 hours.

I don’t always claim to know what the problem is but regarding this I know what the problem ain’t.  It ain’t about today, yesterday or tomorrow.  Your money problems are about you and the choices you’ve been making for many years.

Why is this statement true? If you took all the world’s money and divided it up evenly to inhabitants on the planet in a few years there would again be the “haves” and the “have nots’?

That’s my spin on it!

No related posts.