Hi, Linda, As far as material wealth goes, an excellent post, but does wealth have to be material? While this is an excellent way to start preserving your material wealth (after all, to save it you already must have created it)I am reminded of a tale once told me by a Franciscan friar. An explorer was traversing a desert when he came across a man crawling along and gasping for water. When he was relating the incident later, to a friend, the explorer was asked what he did. "Oh" he said "I saved his life, I gave him a dollar for a bottle of water". Material wealth is only property. It won't sustain a man if he has no access to it. Another problem with this sort of wealth accumulation is that it becomes very difficult to justify expending any of it. Materially I am a poor man but I would not exchange my wealth of experiences of love and life to become the materialy richest man in the world. To create your wealth today, look around you, see who you can help, turn over a stone to see the creatures that live underneath it, smile at a neighbour, do a good turn but, most of all, give thanks that you are alive and able to do these things. While you have thanks to give, you are wealthy, indeed. This has been an old coot moment. Regards Arthur

(p.s. I usually need a 12 day week.)

Arthur, Of course wealth doesn't have to be material, but is there anything wrong with having both? As Dave pointed out, they are not mutually exclusive. When I was struggling to put shoes on my children's feet, I had nothing to give a neighbor, not even time to do a good turn. With greater abundance has come greater ability to share it with those who, for whatever reason, are not able to manifest it in their own lives right now. That gives me a lot of joy, and I have not had to exchange one iota of my wealth of experiences and love for it. You make excellent points about creating that kind of wealth. Most of all, love and gratitude are the highest form of wealth. You know what I like best about your posts? That you are able to laugh at yourself a little. I pride myself in that ability too. When I read "This has been an old coot moment" I laughed out loud. I'm grateful for our mutual sense of humor. Cheri

A good way to make sure you pay yourself is to set up an automatic deposit into a savings account. The money isn't missed because you never saw it. Meanwhile, there is money growing without giving it a thought!

Hey Dave, I understand what you are saying. I was raised in a religion that taught that I did not deserve to have wealth or anything else. I now do believe that I deserve wealth - and yes, weatlh can be many things. It does not have to be money. I am a wealthy woman in many ways and for that I am very grateful. Thanks for your participation here!