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How Do You View Debt
By Ophelia Nicholson
Are you loaded down with debt? Do you feel like there is no way
out? Have you ever thought that how you view debt might be the
problem?
Every aspect of your life, at some point, you wanted. You say “I
didn’t want the debt”, but you wanted the thing that came
along with the debt, or whatever you exchanged for the debt; maybe it
was a house, the car or the car repairs, the clothes.
Debt was just a way to live a certain dream - a means to an end -
a way for you to get to your dream faster. Now granted, it may not
have been a well planned out dream, but it was a dream just the same.
Think about a debt you have, no matter how big or small. What did
you get for that debt? Think about it.
You received something in return for the debt - an equal exchange
- but right now, you think what you received was far less than the
debt you now carry around.
Think back before the debt, back to the point where you wanted
that particular thing, where no debt was too great just as long as
you got what you wanted.
Back then you didn’t think what you were receiving was
small. Actually you thought the deal was pretty fair, or else you
wouldn’t have entered into the debt to begin with. For the most
part you not only thought it was fair, but that you got the far
better deal!
What has debt done for you?
Most will say nothing, or made me angry, or made me have a
horrible ulcer worrying about it, but what has debt really done for
you? It allowed you some comfort!!
For some people debt allowed an extra night of sleep knowing they
could pay the mortgage on time. For some it was to be able to
purchase a home. For others, it was the ability to feed their kids
when they had no cash, buy gas, or hold them over till it was
payday…For some it was Christmas gifts, but you fast forward a
few years, and now this same debt is a horrible thing. Amazing how
time changes our perception of things.
Take away the debt you are complaining about, and remember the
GIFT this debt brought with it. How different would your life be
right now without that?
How has time and thought changed the meaning of your debts?
This article is excerpted from the e-book ‘You are Already
Living the Life of Your Dreams’ by Ophelia Nicholson. For more
information and other resources, please visit
www.breathingprosperity.com
Ophelia Nicholson is a prosperity coach and author of the books "
YOU ARE ALREADY LIVING THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS" and "
YOU'RE NOT RICH BECAUSE YOUR LIFE IS A MINI DRAMA". For more
information please visit http://www.breathingprosperity.com
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