When you can't see the elephant for the limiting beliefs

Life is about the experience, isn't that what we're told?

This is most certainly true. However, experience by its very nature is personal. Through this experience, we form many of our views of the world.

How we experience dictates how we interact, view and create opinions about things and life.

Let me take a moment to explain what I mean here, maybe you are already familiar with this fable, but it's a personal favourite of mine, so please humour an old gal like me while I paraphrase.

''A group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none were aware of its shape and form. So, out of curiosity, they said: "We must inspect and know it by touch, of which we are capable". So, they sought it out, and when they found it, they groped about it

The first person, whose hand landed on the trunk, said, "This being is like a thick snake". It seemed like a kind of fan for another one whose hand reached its ear. Another person, whose hand was upon its leg, said the elephant is a pillar like a tree trunk. The blind man who placed his hand upon its side said to the elephant, "it is a wall". Another who felt its tail described it as a rope. The last felt its tusk, stating the elephant is that which is hard, smooth and like a spear.''

Each person had a different take on the animal and argued their point long and hard, insisting that they were right.

They each had a different experience of the same thing, and each came away with another point of view, opinion and understanding of the elephant.

Each person here created their version of events through what they experienced. Since each person trusted their minds, they couldn't at that moment see how it could be any other way, particularly when the other experiences had been so vastly different from their own.

This can be a juxtaposition in many life scenarios.

But here's the thing...

None of them were correct, and ALL of them were wrong simultaneously.

But each at the time was fully convinced that they saw the whole picture.

In reality, each conclusion they came to was, on a small level, right, but what they refused to consider was the SYNERGY that came with listening to and being open to the whole experience that was the beautiful majestic creature.

Had they been open to the elephant being so much more than a wall, a rope or a fan, they would have seen that the elephant was so much more than the combination of its parts.

In our lives, we tell ourselves stories drawn from OUR experiences. We carry old money stories from our past like boulders. Seen only through the memory of a long gone version of our younger selves.

What if we chose to shed those heavy stories?

What if we opened our eyes to money being more than just a singular limiting thing that causes fear?

What if we could see all the potential money has for our lives if we could just get past limited experiences and see all its powerful capabilities

Personal experience cannot be denied that it is true.

However, when this experience is limited, it can be hard to form a complete and open understanding. Especially when only a tiny portion of what could be experienced was experienced.

Limiting beliefs can hold you back and prevent you from reaching your desired goals; However, if they are shed and left behind, money can bring choice and freedom.

Only then can you experience what it means to have a healthy relationship with money and harness it to build the life you deserve to have.

Uncovering and shedding limiting beliefs is a core part of the Smart Money Formula and is key to creating a future where money is easy

Kel 'shed those limiting beliefs' Galavan