The green paper and plastic cards in your wallet are only contemporary representations of this energy. If you do your banking on the Internet, you don't even see the energy shift accounts. Five thousand years ago, the common currency was sheep and shells. I have a special gold ring made from one of the earliest forms of coin currency dating back to the Byzantine Empire, but I couldn't ride the bus or buy a cup of coffee with it today. However, if there's one lesson I learned well from my parents, it's that true wealth has nothing to do with money.
True wealth is a state of mind.
It's never the amount of money one has, or hasn't, it's the amount of faith, gratitude and generosity. Abundance and lack are parallel realities and each day we choose which one we'll inhabit, regardless of whether or not there's a comma in your checking account balance. Sarah Ban Breathnach Add your thoughts to the discussion of this question. More about Sarah Sarah's Journey to Simple Abundance . Learn Sarah's thoughts on Finding Your Authentic Self , Discovering Something More , and Gratitude .