Reply #9: Karma. Yeah, I know. It sounds crazy.

[Dangerously Amused]

During times in my life when I was concerned about not having enough money to make ends meet, I found someone who was even more desperate for money than I was... and gave them as much as I reasonably could. Anonymously, if at all possible. I've sent cash through the mail, with no return address, to someone who would never, ever guess it was me. Then did a meditation of gratitude for the blessings I still had, and put the donation out of my mind. Somehow, just doing that much - just taking that leap of faith, and working through the anxiety of parting with money I was getting so uptight about - brought a sense of peace, and enabled clearer thinking about my own financial circumstances.

I have done this but a handful of times in my life, and every time... every time!... enough money came to me, often from someplace I didn't expect, just in time to cover the problem I was worried about. Or something non-monetary would happen to resolve the issue. I didn't pick up on this pattern until about the third time it happened. I don't know if you like Deepak Chopra, but (I found out later) he has written about this phenomena.

The catch is, you have to make the donation freely and with pure intent from your heart, with no expectation of a return on your investment. You have to sincerely decide ahead of time that if nothing comes back to you in return, it matters not, because you will have already received your reward in the joy of giving. You can't tell anybody that you're doing it, either...bc drawing attention to one's generosity diminishes the value of the generosity.

But if you make the donation from your mind, or based in greed because it's about something you don't really need, then sit around waiting for your windfall... it won't happen. Karma won't let you manipulate the system like that. (Not that I think you would.)

So anyway... just my (crazy) two cents worth.

Good luck.