Today, I want to talk about money—a topic that almost everyone cares about deeply.

People care about money, but their views on it are often filled with limiting beliefs. These beliefs easily cap the amount of wealth a person can receive. I used to have many of these limits. Back then, I worried I couldn’t have a better life and was too afraid to quit a job I hated. But when I removed those limiting beliefs, I discovered that there are actually countless paths to wealth right under my feet.

The Key: It’s Not About Skill, It’s About the Relationship

The most important point I want to make is this: What affects how much wealth you get isn’t your skills, your degree, or your hard work—it is your relationship with wealth.

When you think of money, is the feeling one of joy or pain?

• If you think of unpaid credit card bills, things you want but can’t afford, or people you dislike who are richer than you—that relationship is leaning toward pain.

• If you think about the delicious ice cream you ate today, the book you loved, or the cool new clothes you bought—if you feel that money helped you have a great experience—that relationship is leaning toward joy.

We cannot have a long, good partnership with someone we have a bad relationship with. If you think of a noisy, annoying coworker, your heart immediately fills with irritation. You feel unsafe around them, and every cell in your body tells you to fight or stay away. But when you think of your lovely daughter, your heart is instantly filled with love and joy, giving you endless motivation to be near her.

Money is the same way. Only when you truly thank and value money from your heart will you have the real drive to attract it.

Letting Go of “I Don’t Need It”

Someone might say: “I am trapped in debt, and money is always a source of pressure. How can I possibly feel happy when I think about it?”

At this point, the first limiting belief you need to drop is: “I don’t really need money.”

When faced with financial pressure, our subconscious reaction is often to tell ourselves: “I don’t actually need that much. I can skip the nice clothes or the better house. Those things aren’t a big deal.”

But your true inner self does need money.

If you won a huge lottery prize today, would you go collect it? Of course you would. If you truly didn’t need money, it would be like having already eaten five burgers—when the sixth one is placed in front of you, you wouldn’t even want to touch it. That is true “not needing.”

No one truly “doesn’t need” money. Our food, housing, and bills require money to pay. Even if you say you personally need very little, what about your family, your friends, or your desire to help others? All of these require money.

Money is Your “Life Circle”

Beyond survival, money is a form of power. It is the power that allows you as an individual to extend yourself. To see more, to expand your vision, and to open new maps in your world. How many people you can help and how much power you have to change the world depends on the extension of your money.

How much wealth you have determines how far your influence can reach. Money is the range of our survival; it is the “ability circle” of our life. We want to use money to see richer colors, touch richer visuals, and go to places we’ve never been. This desire to expand our lives is completely worthy of respect and affirmation.

When you stop seeing money as just a tool for buying things and start seeing it as a tool that helps you experience how vast and beautiful life can be, you truly affirm the power of money and the beauty it brings.

By shifting this core concept, you move money from a “negative role” associated only with bills and stress to a “positive role” that you support and value. Once you see the good in money and create a harmonious feeling with it, money will flow to support you in expanding your life circle. Every cell in your body will no longer scream for you to stay away or avoid the pressure; instead, they will know that money is the power helping you.

Dissolving More Limiting Beliefs

Even if your mind agrees now, when you turn off your phone and go back to real life, you might still feel “heartache” when buying something expensive or feel pressure from a bill. This is because we have more beliefs to clear:

 “I don’t deserve to spend money on myself.”

In this world, the only person you can truly call “I” is yourself. In the universe, everything happens only after you have taken care of yourself and have extra energy for others. Taking care of yourself comes first. The most worthy person to spend money on in the entire world is you. If you, the “main character” of your life, aren’t worthy, then no “supporting character” can be more worthy than you. Spend every penny with confidence and joy. That feeling of happy spending is proof of your self-affirmation, and it will manifest more beautiful cycles in your life.

“Spending money makes you poor.”

Spending doesn’t make you poor—it’s the bad feeling you have while spending that does. Those negative feelings manifest more lack. If the feeling of spending is beautiful, that joy will manifest the next beautiful experience, ensuring you always have money to experience the next “good thing.”

“Money is hard to earn.”

Money feels hard to earn because you have limited the ways you can get it. You’ve limited it to your current path and, deeper down, you’ve limited your own abilities. But none of this is true. I used to work in a company and was afraid to quit. But now, I’ve made my own App, written novels, and done things I never dared to try. I’m even posting on Reddit! My English isn’t great, and I used to worry that translation software would make people judge me. That was just another limit I put on myself. You can boldly try anything; in the process, you will find countless gifts.

 “Hard work is the only way to earn money.”

Most wealthy people didn’t get their money just through hard work; they found ways to generate wealth that they manifested themselves. If we manifest a joyful way to get money, we can have it too. It doesn’t have to be a struggle. If you find something valuable that truly makes you happy, it can become a source of income beyond just “a job.”

 “Rich people have many troubles” or “Rich people are bad.”

This view stops you from becoming wealthy because you won’t want to become someone you don’t respect. In reality, many rich people are good people. If you become rich, you can choose to be a good person too. You can use money to provide more value and let the world have one more kind, wealthy person.

There are so many limiting beliefs about money. If you feel bad when spending or using money, something is stuck in your mind. Find that thought and replace it with its opposite. You might not change right away, but noticing it is like planting a seed. Slowly, that seed will grow into a positive mindset that changes your life.

Money is Your Mirror

Money is simply a mirror. The more you believe you have no value, the more the mirror reflects the lack of money. The more you believe you have no way out, the more it reflects you being trapped.

When you become open, money begins to flow, reflecting your state of financial freedom. Affirm yourself, focus on your joy, and money will become the witness to your happiness.