Comments on: Dealing with lost money https://choprafoundation.org/ask-deepak/ask-deepak-dealing-with-lost-money/ Committed to Creating a Peaceful, Just, Sustainable, Healthy, and Joyful World. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:39:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sandy https://choprafoundation.org/ask-deepak/ask-deepak-dealing-with-lost-money/#comment-3625 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:39:11 +0000 http://deepakchopra.com/?p=1181#comment-3625 I loaned $7,000 to my daughter and son in law to help them out of a bad time in their lives, and now when I mention to them I would like for them to start paying me back, I end up being the bad guy. I am trying to convince myself that being out $7,000 is no big deal, but it is. It almost seems that the only emotion left is resentment on both sides. I have done the fooling myself into thinking games, but I still find myself dealing with resentment.
I am trying to get courage back from the last encounter to talk to them, especially my son-in-law about paying $200.00/month till the loan is paid off. Any ideas?

]]> By: wendy johnston https://choprafoundation.org/ask-deepak/ask-deepak-dealing-with-lost-money/#comment-3624 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:34:34 +0000 http://deepakchopra.com/?p=1181#comment-3624 A few years ago a relatively new friend was in need of 1000.00 to help purchase a car so she could get her
children to and from school. A voice inside my head said, “this is risky, you hardly know her”. That was the
voice of reason. I didn’t listen. I am out 800.00. She moved out of the country. When she came back I
ran into her when out for a walk. There was much talk about guilt and payback. I said that I was happy with
20.00 a pay cheque. Once again, she disappeared. At the time I was making 8.00 per hour and supporting
three people. It’s gone. She’s gone. I am not diminished by the loss. No one went hungry,no one died.
My lesson: listen to the voice of reason not the impulse of emotion. It’s all good.

blessings abundant,
wendy

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