Hi, Linda, This is a truly impressive post and I thank you for it - BUT - what about us non-acquisitive personalities? It so distresses me when I see a conveyor belt carrying nothing but ideas to get monetarily rich. Money is not the world. It is not the true measure of wealth. It is a tool, one of many, that can help people achieve happiness. Must I consider myself a failure because I don't have a cent to scratch my behind with? While it is not unusual for me to be swimming againsr a flood tide. I surely can't be the only one whose sole object in life is not to acquire wealth in a material form. I feel so fortunate that my early life was spent in what I now know was abject poverty. It didn't feel like it at the time because my family was a superbly cohesive unit. There was never a moment when misery was allowed to rule the roost. We were truly blest with a level of happiness that has given me my target in life - to maintain that level. My life has been a switch-back ride, plumbing the depths and surmounting the heights - but behind the whole journey has been this fact of ultimate happiness and the absolute absence of desire for material wealth. Or maybe I am just odd. Regards Arthur

Hi Arthur, You're not that odd. Most people recognise that money doesn't buy happiness. There are the old jokes like "money doesn't buy happiness, but it at least lets you choose your brand of misery", but I think for many it just boils down to a desire to make a living without going to a job we hate. It's not an easy thing to do from the thin air that is the internet until you know how. It's that dream that drives most. The million dollars (or the 10 million, or whatever) symbolises everyone's desire for security in a scary world. In reality the vast majority won't end up with mogul-like incomes. The ones that truely want it might with persistence and skill, while most will be happy with life as it is, making a few bucks here and there. Many give up, many go broke, many change their goals, many make a basic income, many make a high income and many make enormous incomes. My point is, it takes all sorts and that's what makes it so interesting. The American Declaration of Independence said about the inalienable right to the persuit of happiness, which seems like an extremely enlightened (almost 1960's hippy) core value for a nation to found itself on in the 18th century - I guess it's up to each person to decide how they persue their happiness. Some may see getting rich as a shallow calling, in many cases it possibly is, but who are we to know what motivates people to do the things they do?

Hey Cheri, That is fabulous! What a perfect way to create a vision of your perfect home. You will be able to see and smell and feel the vision! Now, about that Porsche! That is exactly how I got my Lincoln Navigator several years ago (I'm driving my third one now). I saw a candy red Navigator when I was still working in NC before I married Dennis and moved to Michigan. I had never seen such a beautiful vehicle... and normally didn't really care too much about cars. I was driving a Subaru at the time. When I got to Michigan, we began studying more about the law of attraction and how to attract what we wanted. We went to the local Lincoln dealership and took a picture of me standing just inside the door of a white Navigator. In less than a year I was driving a white Navigator! I still have that picture on my goal board! So, if you didn't already, get a picture of the house and the Porsche and put it on a goal board! You can manifest anything!

Hi Dan, I believe every life and every action serves a purpose. Look what a gift your father gave you that you can now share with the world. You are blessed indeed.

Hey Art, You are not odd at all. You are perfect excactly as you are. Each of us has different goals and dreams and they do not have to include physical wealth. There are so many other forms of wealth. This story of mine just happened to be about money... but the same principles apply to creating perfect health, joy, happiness. Most of us grew up thinking money was evil and it took me many years to realize that money can actually help me help others to realize their full potential. That's what it is all about - achieving your full potential, whatever that may be. Thank you for playing with us here!