Value and The Spiritual Meaning of Debt

This value component is key in moving forward from the debt mindset. It’s not just important to shift your focus from an external to an internal definition of value, but also to shift your focus from giving indiscriminately to providing real value with everything you give. It is possible to move ahead in the world by simply churning out the work that needs doing, but isn’t it also true that anyone can do that? Customer service jobs in particular have very high turnover rates, because so often the employees are undervalued and considered easily replaceable. If a company truly values the work their employees do, they’ll offer rewards that are not connected to salary and day-to-day living that they’re contractually bound to provide.

How does this tie in with debt? It goes hand-in-hand with the idea that when you give half-heartedly, feeling resentful or overburdened by giving, you’ll receive in the same way (and feel the need to borrow to obtain that equivalence… and so on…). If you continue to give something that your value system tells you has no value, you’ll receive in return those things that reflect what you’ve offered. You’re not being punished; it’s simply that you’re not valuing what you’re giving, so others (including the Universe) will reflect back to you that same attitude. If you can begin to value what you give (and give what you value), you’ll feel a shift towards joyfulness and abundance as you realize someone else has found what you offer incredibly worthwhile. You can hear the delight in their voice, or see the delight on their face as they connect with what you’re offering, and it fires you up in return. You begin to give so fiercely and so passionately that you don’t even care if you get anything in return, just because it feels so good to give. The paradox is, you begin to see more returns than you have before, because you’re not giving in order to get, but in order to provide value. You’re giving something you hold so dear, so close to your heart that others connect with that energy and feel it’s worth in their own hearts.