Planting a money tree forest in the wilderness of you mind!
For millennia intrepid explorers search the four corners of the earth seeking out the legendary Money Tree forest. Legend has it, that instead of green leaves, freshly minted cash grows and whoever discovers the whereabouts of the forest would become wealthy beyond their dreams.
Once a lucky explorer went wondering aimlessly along the edges of an uncharted forest when a fifty-pound-note blew passed in the gentle spring breeze. The explorer looked in the direction the note had come from, followed his nose and soon discovered a vast and lush evergreen Money Tree Forest.
He began to gather the notes in bundles and spent years gathering all the notes he could find; those on the forest floor and those on the trees, until all the trees in the entire forest were stripped bare. The explorer was now very rich, but the forest was sad and with no notes on the forest floor to nourish the trees roots the forest began to die and wither away, until it died completely and the Money Tree Forest became a myth.
Some people may have accumulated a large fortune through hoarding their money, but they are ultimately killing the money tree forest within them, because they are not being wealthy, they are being poor, and they are killing the source of their wealth.
A person’s wealth is best demonstrated by their ability to give. The Money Tree gives of itself, and it lets it’s fruit fall to the ground, but that giving ultimately nourishes the tree and makes it even richer.
A truly wealthy person is able to give, they are rich physically and spiritually, wealthy enough to give of themselves, to give of their hearts, to give of their time and most importantly to give of their money.
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This was first published in the June 2007 edition of EN Magazine
