Self Worth Versus Net Worth – a timeless dilemma!

Hello to all and welcome back to ABTY,

As I have said many times before – this blog is really a sharing of my own journey towards a full and joyful life. An invitation for you all – my readers – my fellow travellers – to come with me as I make my way through the myriad of complexities that face us in this modern world.

And the conundrum that has somehow just spilled onto the page is the question of:

Self Worth Versus Net Worth

I have heard this phrase thrown around many a time and I must admit that for me, it is one of the most challenging concepts facing me in my life. For no matter how much my sense of reason and my soul tell me that it is what I contribute to the world that matters, as opposed to how much I can earn – the need to earn more to justify my place in the world niggles at me daily regardless.

I love writing this ABTY blog and it fills me with so much joy and sense of purpose it is a delight.

I love conducting my Tapatak Oz Examinations where I see the joy the children experience in the freedom of the process and the creativity it unleashes within them.

I adore teaching my Dance for Parkinsons classes and feel the most extraordinary connection with all those who attend and the most incredible sense of community and sharing and giving and purpose.

These are currently the mainstays of my working life.

And reading my affirmations above I should be filled with enormous pride and satisfaction.

My friends tell me constantly how successful I am and what a ” difference I am making” to so many people.

But if I am truthful – inside I am still clamouring for more.

And the truth is that the more that I am seeking is a monetary pay-off for what I am doing.

A recognition from society at large, that what I am doing is successful, is appreciated, is valuable and matters and as such I am paid big bucks for it.

I mean -isn’t that how we measure success on Planet Earth?

My self worth is inextricably linked in my mind it seems, to my net worth and what I can generate financially from my endeavours. The main problem of this being that it really goes against the grain of what I believe on a Soul Level.

My Little Soul cries out to simply make the world a better place and drift along happily as I go.

But my Little Human cries out to be able to measure that achievement with a bulging bank balance.

Ironically many ” gurus” who have made their millions from giving advice much like this blog, would claim that the road to be travelled is one of Self Worth. They would say that money does not matter and that following your heart and living in your truth is what is important. But I always think it is easy to preach that when you have already made the millions.

When your dream has paid off financially as well as emotionally.

When what you love has also paid a financial reward.

When you do what you love, so never have to work another day in your life – as they say, because that love has also paid a handsome royalty to you and enabled your bank balance to grow.

So – what do you do to extricate this Self Worth from your Net Worth?

The answer –  is that I have no answer………yet!

It is a process.

And the honest response is that I am still figuring this one out myself as I wander the maze of life. And as I try to locate and get in a boat that takes me to a place where my Self Worth is 100% derived from what I am giving to the Universe in a positive, meaningful and conscious way.

All I know – is that is my goal.

That is my focus.

That is my desire.

So my gift to you today is simply your reaction to this blog?

Is your self worth attached to your net worth? And are you happy with that situation? If not – what are you going to do to change that dynamic?

What is your truth and how do you determine your value in the world?

It is simply something to ponder. There is no right or wrong answer.

Only you can decide –  and the path you choose is your own.

#DiscoverYou #LoveYou #BeYou

Christine

And remember –  we are all just doing the best we can!