The Outlook of Shiva

I wanted to share one of the best passages so far in "The Courage to be Rich", where Orman writes, "The notion of stating your goals in the present tense rather than as an expression of future intent is neither my own invention nor is it new. It actually dates back to a tenth-century Hindu text called The Outlook of Shiva, written by a scholar called Somananda. In it, he instructs us to act as if we already embody our goal, no matter the disparity between what we are and what we wish to become. It is important not to allow doubt to cause us to abandon out intention but to maintain 'an unwavering awareness' by affirming out goal with confidence and conviction. In this way, Somananda explains, out being aligns itself with our intention, and the goal becomes manifest,".

Between you and me, I have a hard time imaging Suze Orman picking up dusty Hindu texts, but stranger things have happened :)

The message in this to me, is very powerful and a bit more eloquent than "Fake it till you make it".

I am following the Millionaire Mommy Next Door's Baby Step #1 and this is a similar theme to Somananda. With the first baby step, you create a poster of all the things you want your life to be, and change it as you achieve those goals and move on to bigger/new/different ones. Right now we have goals and motivational quotes all over our bedroom. I am looking forward to creating a poster board, if not tonight than this weekend with Paul.

Now, I am off to organize the shoe collection (glup) and the assorted paperwork that I have effectively squirrled away. I don't know about you, but in the past, I was very adept at burrowing paperwork away. I am excited to be changing this habit.

As a side note, my weekly paycheck are now being deposited to Wachovia. I am keeping a log of exactly what money gets deposited and what gets withdrawn, and why. The one aspect I miss about ING is the ability to transfer money between a million different accounts with their own name. I will be keeping money in my Wachovia "savings" account for now that will be for longer term goals. I will be looking for new places to store that money while it builds to all of the goals. At this point, I think I will keep track of what money is in that account and why on Google Docs.

Onward to shoes! (I will post pictures.)