| I don't know about you but I never understood this | | | | What is your attitude? Do you think you have or do |
| verse in the Bible. Doesn't it seem a very unfair | | | | you think you don't have? Have you ever heard |
| statement? Nobody could really give me a satisfactory | | | | someone who proclaims that he can't actually do |
| explanation, which would change that view. That was | | | | something great? |
| until recently when I finally understood what I think is its | | | | Just look around you and you'll find that more than |
| "true meaning." | | | | 80% of those who have achieved something in life |
| "To have" or "not to have" as meant by this verse | | | | think that "they have" and that "they can". Compare |
| doesn't necessarily mean tangible wealth or | | | | that with those people in life, who are really struggling, |
| possessions as most people who heard this verse | | | | and you'll find that they feel they don't have and that |
| thought, although it has a bearing on whether you will | | | | they can't. |
| keep tangible possessions or not. | | | | "To have" also means to recognize that "you can," |
| Rather it refers to an "attitude" as most scriptures in | | | | which is only possible because you have received |
| the Bible do. The verse says, that those who have, will | | | | unique skills and talents. |
| receive more but those who don't have will lose even | | | | What this verse merely says and which is confirmed |
| the little they have. Lets get a little practical here and | | | | by tangible reality is that your attitude determines your |
| see if I make any sense. | | | | reality. The only way you can and will get and keep |
| What this means is you may not have tangible | | | | real wealth is when you change your attitude. |
| possessions and yet you may have more than | | | | Those who do not have, as described by this verse |
| someone who has tangible wealth. Those who have, | | | | are always complaining, about how difficult things are. |
| acknowledge that they have received and are | | | | Don't you know people who are like that? They are |
| therefore grateful. This feeling of gratitude is reflected | | | | stingy and are often critical of others. They believe |
| in the way they live their lives. | | | | they owe nobody nothing and doesn't do anything |
| People who have, often gives and helps others, which | | | | unless they get something in return. |
| is a sign that they have, because in nature you can | | | | The difference between those who have and those |
| only share or leave over for others when you have | | | | who don't have is this. Poor people want to receive |
| enough. People who are like this will receive even | | | | tangible things such as wealth and possessions first, |
| more. | | | | before they "recognize" that they have. |
| Everybody loves people who give, don't you? We | | | | Unfortunately the Universe doesn't work that way. |
| want to do things in return for them, including wanting | | | | You must first recognize what you have, including your |
| to do business with them. Let me give you a practical | | | | talents, your health, good eyesight, hearing, good legs |
| example. The most successful Internet marketers | | | | to walk with and use these, and only then will you |
| have realized that in order to sell, they have to give | | | | receive the tangible things you seek such as wealth |
| something away. Those who give the most away are | | | | and happiness. |
| often the most successful. | | | | If you "don't have", it is perhaps because you don't |
| If you are stingy and you want people to buy your | | | | have the attitude of those who have. That's why you |
| products, but you are not prepared to give, then know | | | | constantly find that nothing seems to work for you. It is |
| that you won't last long no matter how good your | | | | as if there's a hole in your pocket. Even the little you |
| product is. | | | | make seems to just slip through these holes. |