Wealth

What drives people to greatness? To wealth? To create? There are always reasons behind our motivations and it is when we begin to examine those that we truly get to know who we are and what drives us.

To me, my family has always been the most important thing. My beautiful, perfectly imperfect family, filled with craziness and crazy stories. There are so many families like mine, or that have even greater issues. But growing up with the issues my family has, has deeply motivated me to become wealthy, very wealthy, so that I could make the world a better place and always provide for them.

In my quest for this goal, I have also learned boundaries. What do you do when you have the money to help someone, but money will never help? If someone has an emotional issue and has refused treatment, all the money in the world will not help them. It will help me provide a more comfortable life for them, and I will be content with that as I have stopped trying to change people long ago.

Paul and I started to work on our Treasure Map to Riches. It felt so good to work on something that was bringing us closer to our future, and to clearly, visually, identifying our goals. In the midst of the personal drama, it is reassuring to know that we make choices for ourselves and that we can create any kind of life we desire.

Speaking of which, tonight is my first shoe making class! I am so excited about it -- and nervous! But best of all, I know that tonight and my first class in shoe making, is a step in the direction of my future, and that feels great.