Bless Your Money

Bless Your Money: A few years back, I found a book entitled 'Bring Out the Magic in Your Mind'. It was written almost thirty years ago by a man named Al Koran, who was then known as “the Finest Mental Magician in the World.” In a chapter entitled “The Secret of Wealth” he writes the following: “When you send your money out, remember always to bless it. Ask it to bless everybody that it touches, and command it to go out and feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and command it to come back to you a millionfold. Don't pass over this lightly. I am serious."  Over the next few days, why not follow Al Koran's advice and see what happens? When you pay for your groceries, silently bless all those who have helped bring this food to you: the farmers who have grown it, the delivery people who have carried it and the store keepers who have stocked it. If you are paying for your children’s education, why not give silent appreciation to all the teachers who are spending their days shaping the minds of your kids and to all the others who make their work possible? When you pull out a few currency notes to buy something off the rack in a store, bless the person who is toiling away behind the counter and hope the money adds value to the quality of his or her life. And...observe the difference. Have you ever noticed the happiness in the eyes of the person receiving the money? It's not important whether you owe him the money or paying him for something else, the important part is the 'feeling' with which you're parting with your money. That feeling always sticks with it. Don't forget to bless the money whenever you're paying it, the next time. As that timeless truth says, “The hand that gives is the hand that gathers.”