How to Be a Powerful Person with Only 500 Dollars

Money is powerless without you

We often associate power with money, the more we have, the more power. Indeed it is logical to think so and rightfully so. Millionaires and billionaires have influence over others and the world. Their clout gives them access to things we can’t even imagine.

But what if I tell you you are a very powerful person with only 500 dollars? Sounds crazy? I have recently been having terrible anxiety around money; money is running out, I don’t have enough money, will I be able to pay bills in the future? The fear keeps building up and has entered irrational territory.

I am trying to use every positive affirmation in the books and adopt an abundance mindset which has worked well for me in the past.

Nothing is helping except a bizarre thought…what if the worst does happen? Do I lose my power? See sometimes, the fear is not centred on the object itself (in this case, money) but on how the lack can impact your life. We focus on the shortage of it and forget that said object is very renewable. It can be remade, recollected, re-earned, or re-saved. At the end of the day, money is a piece of paper that needs to be moved around for it to keep its value but it does not take away my power. I can call it back using my resources.

If I have 0 dollars

I thought to myself fears not set in reason should be said out loud or written down. So, assume I lose everything in the next hour, What will I do? I will phone a friend. I would like to hear a friendly voice. I would read some stories about people who went broke and survived. Would it be the end of the world? Nope, the world will keep revolving and I will still be here.

Yet the first moments are going to be sheer panic. As if life has come to a standstill and I have nowhere to go. Sometimes, in dire circumstances, it is only necessary to get through the night, then through the next day, and then the next. While the mind will spiral and already ascertain the real repercussions of what this zero number means, it is necessary to bring back the mind to the state of now.

I am healthy but in a predicament. But if I get through today, maybe tomorrow could be different. While I can’t change the consequences of having zero dollars, I still have the power to change my tomorrow.

I am rich in resources. And tomorrow, I might use those resources to figure out tomorrow. And then the next day. My resources don’t run out, they magnify the more I use them. I am as powerful as I am spirited and bright.

If I have 500 dollars

I am so rich. The world is $305 trillion in debt and I possess actual dollars? I am doing so well then.

Sure, I might not be able to afford everything I want (but then who does?). But maybe those 500 dollars will give me enough momentum to get there.

Maybe I can leverage that and multiply my funds? And also, I am fully aware that is it not going to be easy or a straight road.

But I should still not dismiss the power I hold. I can buy a nice cup of coffee that is going to set me up for the day, I can create a website and set up my services. I can create a Facebook ad for some cents.

I can buy a course on Udemy and apply for a side job. I can print out some CVs and hand them around. I can buy a nice but cheap meal, sit down in a park, breathe some good deep breaths and steer my mind towards abundance.

I am powerful in an abundant universe. I will figure it out along the way. I will lean on my friends if I need to and that makes me feel supported. I can also be there for them when they need me. I am powerful on my own and we are invincible when surrounded by the right people.

I feel powerless if I think I have 500 dollars and want something that costs 1000 dollars. But I regain my power if I say, if I put my mind to it, I can turn my 500 dollars into a 1000.

Repeat after me

I am powerful in that I can manage my next action which can lead to a better future. I am powerful if I can imagine that the next month looks abundant.

I am powerful if I can conjure up ways to bring that abundance to fruition.

I am powerful, limitless in resources and stronger when surrounded. My fear is real but the object of my fear does not exist.

If I have the capacity to create make-believe scenarios that don’t serve me, then I am also able to challenge those scenarios and change them into positive outcomes.

I believe in myself, I can lean onto the universe’s abundance all around me and if I ever hit rock bottom, I will stand on the shoulders of giants who have gone through similar paths. After all, I am powerful. I have 500 dollars.

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This post was previously published on medium.com.

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