I purposely don’t keep a tight account of how many dollars I have at any given time.  When I made far less, I used to drive myself crazy over managing it. Every few years I find I need to pull dollars out of nowhere. It’s usually just a crucial few day period between credit card dollars being credited and checks arriving in the mail. I went in search of $4,000 before noon.  I couldn’t count credit cards that had been run and were waiting to be credited to the account. That wouldn’t happen before noon.  I couldn’t count checks that were not in my hand. This month the magazine job was printed a week early.  I did not ask advertisers for their payments a week early.  There’s usually enough in the account that it doesn’t matter.  Earlier this year, I’d paid cash for several high ticket pieces of needed equipment, and had some emergency expenses.  I don’t do credit cards; I have excellent credit and want to keep it that way.  I just forget to ask for 6 months same as cash. I glanced at the books to see who owed me how much and called everyone.  With their dollars on the way, I still had to address the situation of $4,000 by noon.  I began looking into the bank accounts and adding them up. Particular accounts I just pretend don’t exist; that way I never go into them.  Hmmm, if I transferred this here… all it took was me adding up for a combined total to see there was no problem. The only problem was me not having taken stock of what I already had on hand, and thinking I needed to go to outside sources.  Yes, I was owed the dollars on their way to me, but I still had – at the very moment I needed it – the dollars in hand to pay what needed to be paid when it was due.  It has never not happened. I have no reason to expect or believe it will ever be any different. I am indeed blessed.

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