An apple seed can grow an orchard

When it comes to teaching people about the power of money, therer’s a danger that the vision of loads of money can take over, greed can kick and, and suddenly we find ourselves holding on tighter to our money.  The truth about money is that the tighter you hold on to it, the less you end up with.  Doesn’t make sense, does it?

Money is a funny thing, somehow the more you share the more you have.  Is this really true?  I believe so.

When you share money as a priority in your life you learn the age old principle of sowing and reaping.  What you send out as a seed, generally returns as a harvest.  The easiest way to explain this is to use the example of the apple seed.

When you eat an apple you get to the middle and find the core, and the core is full of apple seeds.  If you plant this seed and nuture it, what grows?  Is it an apple?  No, of course not, it’s an apple tree.  And when that apple tree grows, does it just return one apple?  No way!  The apple tree will provide loads of apples, and keep doing that every year.  And if you had taken each of the seeds in that first apple and planted all of them, you would have an orchard of apple trees all providing you with fresh fruit.  This is the miracle of sowing and reaping.

When you apply this principle to your finances you can learn the power of sowing and reaping in financial terms.  The life changing book The One Minute Millionaire (www.oneminutemillionaire.com) talks about what can be achieved by applying this giving attitude with money.  These guys advocate that Abundance can only happen when you demonstrate that you are prepared to share what you have, they say, for when you share from what you have you make room for more.

You’ll find some inspiring articles on giving, and loads of other financial topics, at www.wisemoney.co.nz, written by a guy I know.

What is one thing you could do this week to begin to share?  Who knows, you may end up with an orchard!