Dear Friends,
I received this little story in French from a friend of mine... I thought it was an interesting view of the Reality of Money... So, I decided to translate it in English - as well as I could - to share it with you here... You can read it in French or in English, to your convenience!
I thought it was a Great Reflection!
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Ça se passe dans un village qui vit du tourisme, sauf qu'à cause de la crise il n'y a plus de touristes. Tout le monde emprunte à tout le monde pour survivre. Plusieurs mois passent, misérables. Arrive enfin un touriste qui prend une chambre. Il la paie avec un billet de 100$. Le touriste n'est pas plutôt monté à sa chambre que l'hôtelier court porter le billet chez le boucher, à qui il doit justement cent dollars. Le boucher va aussitôt porter le même billet au paysan qui l'approvisionne en viande. Le paysan, à son tour, se dépêche d'aller payer sa dette à la pute à laquelle il doit quelques passes. La pute boucle la boucle en se rendant à l'hôtel pour rembourser l'hôtelier qu'elle ne payait plus quand elle prenait une chambre à l'heure. Comme elle dépose le billet de 100$ sur le comptoir, le touriste, qui venait dire à l'hôtelier qu'il n'aimait pas sa chambre et n'en voulait plus, ramasse son billet et disparaît.
Rien n'a été dépensé, ni gagné, ni perdu. N'empêche que plus personne dans le village n'a de dettes. N'est-ce pas ainsi qu'on est en train de résoudre - no sweat - la crise mondiale?
This story is happening in a small village living with tourism. But, now, with the actual world economic crisis, there are no tourists. Having no money coming in, everyone is borrowing from everyone in order to survive. Many months passed… Misery! One day, one tourist finally arrives and takes a room at the hotel. He pays with a 100$ bill. As soon as the tourist went up to his room, the hotel keeper runs to pay the butcher to whom he owes exactly 100 dollars. The butcher goes right then to pay, with the same 100$ bill, the farmer providing for his meat. The farmer, in his turn, runs to pay his due to the prostitute to whom he owes some services. And, then, the pro loops the loop in going to the hotel to reimburse for the hourly rates room that she did not pay. As she deposits the 100$ bill on the counter, the tourist, who was coming to tell the hotel keeper that he didn’t like the room and didn’t want it anymore, picks up his 100$ bill on the counter and disappears.
Nothing has been spent, nor won, nor lost… but, in the end, nobody in the village has debts anymore. Isn’t it how we are going about to solve – no sweat – the world crisis?
Abundance Angel
Original 24 x 24” Acrylic
Katherine Skaggs ©2005
Blessings of Abundance!
Open to receive the blessings of abundance that are within your life! All is good and well and all you have to do is receive! Within you life the blessings of abundance in all ways. All you must do is focus your attention on your blessings and appreciate what you have. What you appreciate appreciates!
The Abundance Angel is a reminder of the vast possibilities of creation in our lives. She sows the seeds of creativity and the light of new beginnings. She constantly sows her blessings upon us. All we have to do is RECEIVE