I used to wonder why I had to struggle so much compared to the average person, my spiritual teacher once told me I had to experience suffering so that I can better teach and help others also going through the same issues.  So for any of my readers that have ever had a bad month, here’s to you!

Prosperity is a state of mind.

To change your consciousness about prosperity, you must change your internal dialogue, you must first have prosperous thoughts, and then your outer world will reflect that.   You do not first start with a full bank account and then feel prosperous because of it.  You start with a prosperous mind, and the abundance will be attracted to that way of being.  Prosperity has nothing to do with the numbers in your bank account, it has everything to do with the inner feeling of safety, freedom, abundance and gratitude.

Thoughts of lack and thoughts of prosperity cannot occupy the same mind.  They will cancel each other out.  Work towards eliminating the beliefs and thought patterns of deficiency.

That inner feeling, once developed, can never be taken away, no matter what happens in your life and in your environment.  The key is to maintain that inner feeling of prosperity NO MATTER WHAT! And to reject and exclude any thoughts that challenges your prosperous feelings.

There was a time when life was getting real sweet, and then, the incoming abundance came to a halt.  In fact, it seemed as though the universe put all our incoming checks on hold for a MONTH to perform a little experiment.  Our outflow more than exceeded our inflow and we admittedly hit an almost all time low in the Lerch bank account.  My husband was facing a possible layoff, and things looked a little grim for us.

Luckily, at the time I have been working on shifting my already somewhat prosperous consciousness to an even more prosperous mentality.  It’s as if the universe was putting me to the test with my newfound thinking, “OK Anne-Marie, so you think you’re prosperous?  Let’s see how you’ll handle this one!”

When things got tight, I ate a lobster dinner and I went on a shopping spree. I bought 11 dresses in 2 days!  It’s so hard for me to find dresses that I like AND that fit.  It’s nearly impossible.  The fact that I found 11 was a Godsend, they HAD to have been meant for me.  How could I say no to the universe and reject what I had manifested in the first place?  So I bought them anyway despite the circumstances, using my last dollars.

By spending this money I was sending signals to my unconscious mind that I’m not worried or scared and that I have absolute faith that everything will work out ok.  I’m saying to my unconscious, “There is no lack.  Abundance is like a stream that will flow and flow and flow and I deserve to have it all!”  With that belief ingrained, it is the unconscious mind that then has to attract the prosperity to fulfill the lifestyle that I demanded that I deserve.

Eventually, the checks started coming in.  And even more prospering opportunities presented itself.

How did I do it?

Despite what was going on around me, I maintained a certain coolness.

I didn’t:

• Panic (well maybe for a minute)
• Get emotional (you attract what you FEEL)
• Get worried
• Over think the situation
• Put too much thought into it
• Doubt the good that is coming
• Obsess over the bank accounts
• React

I just lived in the feeling of prosperity.

What I did was:

• I continued with my affirmations
• I kept imagining what I did want
• I pictured abundance flowing in
• I ate out for dinner
• I spent money
• I went shopping
• Stayed focused on my goals and my prosperity
• I was grateful for the inner peace in the face of chaos
• I was grateful for the overflowing abundance that was coming my way
• I had a LOT of faith in my heart and really believed that despite what was happening, the abundance was right there before my eyes

If this is your bad month, read this over and over.  And know that my prospering thoughts are with you!