Prosperity Project Revisited: Learning to Receive

The Prosperity Project was a game, originally suggested by Abraham-Hicks, that we played here on The New Book of Clues a few months ago.  Every day we took some time to visualize how we would spend a certain amount of imaginary money.  We started with $1000, and every day we got $1000 more dollars than the previous day.  


The game was designed to stretch our imagination when it comes to money.  Most of us had no trouble spending $1000.  I bought an all-weather jacket, Keen sandals, and a round-trip ticket to San Francisco.  The next couple of days were also relatively easy, because most of us had a backlog of things on our wishlist that we could buy or pay for.  By about Day 5, though, we started running out of things to buy.  Most of us had never imagined ourselves with large sums of money, and so our imaginations were unable to keep up with the growing numbers.  Which, of course, was the whole point of the game.  

The Power of Gratitude: Prosperity Project Revisited

 Sometimes our dreams start small.  If we have been accustomed to believing that we are only worthy of just barely scraping by, then our dreams must start small if they are to start at all.   For most of my life, whenever I envisioned having a place of my own, I always pictured a small studio somewhere, with just barely enough room for my things.  I was always certain that I could pay my own way, but only if that way were meager.  I never dreamed that I would ever own a real house, even though a house is what I've always wanted. 

For ten years, I lived in a small one-bedroom condo that I bought with the money my father left me when he died.  When I bought that condo, what I really wanted was a house; but I didn't feel worthy of owning a whole house, so I settled.  Unfortunately, that condo recently became a casualty of what is now euphemistically known as "This Economy," and for the past year I have been staying in my boyfriend's house, with all of my stuff in storage. Although I will always be grateful to Keith for giving me a safe place to stay, rent-free, while I got back on my feet, I've really missed having my own home.  And although he has been happy to be able to help me in a very significant way by graciously providing me with shelter, we are both people who have a strong need to be alone in our own space.