Why You Are Poor

<p>You look around you see many people of different degrees of wealth. Some are rich, some are very rich and others are filthy, stinking rich. The same goes for the other direction. You have those that don't make as much as you. Some are poor. There are those who are dirt poor and there are those who are so poor they can't even pay attention.</p> <p>You fall somewhere in the middle of the two extremes. You aren't filthy stinking rich nor are you destitute. </p> <p>You often see people talking about the poor and how terrible it is that they exist. Some want to use the poor as a pawn for their own quest for power and try to pit the poor against the rich. People see people as being poor but in all reality, it is just people with very little money that they see as being poor.</p> <p>Yet when it comes to money you see the same people who cry for the poor say that they think money is the root of all evil. and the pursuit of money is greed. If you think of it, These strictly oppose each other. </p> <p>So why do people want more money and curse money at the same time? That all boils down to the point that money is nothing but a circumstance. You have a certain amount of dollars in your wallet or bank account. You can also look at money as being a scoreboard for your value. You have a certain score and you want a higher score. So how do you increase your value?</p> <h2>Money is a circumstance</h2> <p>Money, as we have it today, is nothing more than an agreed-upon value. It's not worth more or less it just is. </p> <p>It can also be seen as representing the amount of value you are providing to people. The more value you are providing the more money you receive. So the reason you have or don't have any money is completely dependent upon your thoughts. </p> <p>Your thoughts create your results. They don't change the circumstance. Therefore why do you not have enough money? It is because of how you choose to think of money. </p> <p>So why are the poor, poor? It is because of their choices. Yes, it sounds cruel but it is becau