We forgive, then, out of self-interest. I forgive you because I want out of my pain. I forgive you so that I can be free of what you did. I see beyond your mistake to the love in you so that I can see beyond the mistake to the love in me—because only then can I have a miracle. The universe will immediately reprogram itself to send us miracles, when

I pointed out that from what he was telling me, there were no musical opportunities at the moment, yet there was a tax bill! Metaphysically, it didn’t make sense to argue that if he worked to make money to pay his bills, the universe would reward him by closing doors. Quite the opposite: any time we show up for life with integrity and

I had a strong sense at the time that the money hadn’t really come directly from the book—that it had come through it, but not really from it. I felt as if the money was divine payment for something more than the book, particularly the charitable work I had been doing for years before, for no money at all. It was payment for how I had been trying

Putting love first means knowing that the universe supports you in creating the good, the holy, and the beautiful. It means knowing that you’re on the earth for a purpose, and that the purpose itself will create opportunities for its accomplishment.

Unlimited potential lies within you, just waiting to be activated by your own affirmative response to the idea. Once you know this, you become a magnet for worldly success. You work from joy and the universe responds. You open your heart to love, and the way is made clear for you.

To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving. Once we’re there, inside the holy place where all is inner riches, the outer gold of worldly prosperity appears in a miraculous way. It comes inviting us to use our wealth responsibly and to share it generously, as the universe so shared it

It’s when we open the doors to true success—sharing our passion and ideas in service to a higher good, each person invited to express his or her unique contribution to the whole—that any material means necessary to support the work will be miraculously brought forward by a self-organizing universe.

THE UNIVERSE IS set up to work on your behalf.

You are empowered not because you have money, but because with that money you can help empower others. You’re not coming from a “get” mentality; you’re simply allowing the flow of universal energy to move through you and use you in a way that serves a greater good. Bless every dollar, and every dollar will then bless you.