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STOP WASTING
YOUR ENERGY
Feelings related to facing a challenge can make you stronger and
more alert, but only if you give up fighting against the energy
that is there to help you.Money and Emotions
Money is a more emotional topic than commonly believed. It’s ex-
pressed in numbers, creating an illusion of logic and precision.
However, money is not just numbers, but numbers that record the
passage of money. When you walk on the beach, the footprints you
leave in the sand are not you, but a record of your passage. Num-
bers record the passage of money. Far more important than the
numbers is how you feel about money. There is no topic more likely
to cause very intense arguments for couples. In less intimate rela-
tionships, feelings about money are almost invariably suppressed.
Money takes the blame for a lot of problems that are actually
caused by feelings we all are most determined to avoid and least
willing to acknowledge. Money is simply the symbol that brings up
the unresolved feelings. It’s possible that money has caused far
more pain than you wish to feel again. I (PL) have taught courses
about personal finance since 1976. At the beginning of each course,
people always are somewhat surprised when I start talking about
how money and feelings are so closely related. After a while, a dif-
ferent sort of surprise takes its place—amazement that this associa-
tion had not been discussed before.
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