Printed on the front of every dollar should be a warning that says, “Handle with care.  This dollar may be hazardous to your life.”  I must never fall in love with money.  Loving money is a pathetic misdirection of my affections.  Money is only a thing; it’s not a person.  Money will never love me back.  It will never stand by me through thick and thin.  It doesn’t look for the good in me or make me into a better person

Loving money gets me into trouble, because it turns my values upside down.  When I love money, I often stop loving people.  I start doing things to them to get their money.  Cheating and stealing are the result of loving money.  Greed takes over when I fall in love with cash.  I start looking at the world through dollar-sign eyes.  I place a monetary value on everything including my personal relationships.  I end up looking into everyone’s wallet rather than into their heart.  If I love money, I will never get enough.

The Bible teaches that wealth is a gift of God and the ability to enjoy it is an even bigger gift.  If I am good at making money, I will consider it a gift.  If I am not consumed by the love of money, I will also be given the ability to enjoy it. 

Excerpt from :

Maximum Strength Positive Thinking : What to Say When You Talk to Your Mind

David J Abbott M.D.