Money and the Art of Feeling Safe
There is a quiet space that appears every time we think about money, not the kind that counts coins but the kind that counts calm, it sits somewhere deep behind the ribs and it always asks will it be enough.
We are taught early that money means safety that having enough of it can keep the world steady, but the meaning of enough keeps changing for one person it might be a roof that doesn’t leak for another it might be the comfort of knowing tomorrow won’t bring a surprise.
Money is not only about numbers it is about control about holding the edges of life in our hands.
But that sense of control is softer than we think a single turn a sudden bill a change we didn’t expect and it all starts to tremble.
We talk about money as if it is logic, but it is made of feelings fear hope the wish to belong the way we spend is often the way we try to feel safe a meal that feels warm a small treat that makes the world kind for a moment.
There is also the quiet voice that says we should not want too much that we should find peace without counting, but when the payment clears or the rent is made there is that breath that comes back to the body that soft reminder that maybe it was never about greed just about wanting to rest for a while.
Safety is not in the numbers it lives in how we hold them in the calm between what we have and what we hope to keep.
it is a balance between planning and letting go, between care and trust that even if things change we will find a way to stay standing.
Money in the end is only a mirror it shows where we feel unsure, it reflects the places where we are still learning how to believe that we will be alright