Winter 2022 Newsletter

A Message from Jerry

Dear Friends,

As we begin the journey into 2022 I want to invite you to join me in reaffirming and reconnecting to what is at the heart of our mission here at AAG: helping our AAG family define what is valuable and sustaining, and continue the exploration of and encounter with the life-giving energy that is money. Just the easy stuff, right? Well, I would argue that having these ongoing conversations with yourself and with those you love has an infinitely precious rate of return.

I have been fascinated recently, for instance, with online videos from the Hubble Telescope. They remind me to shift my perspective, to spiral out beyond my internal dialogue, my daily life, the Island I live on, the Nation, the globe itself, and into the cosmos where knowns and unknowns have to co-exist in the minds of those who grapple with the laws of our universe. They remind me to reconnect with my sense of awe. So, what does this have to do with the financial world?

Have you ever heard the saying, “There is no such thing as a risk-free investment?” Well, it’s true. The funny thing is that millions are spent yearly to explain away or numb the uncertainty that lies in that risk. Risk can be reduced and moderated with experienced advisors, with constant care, with a great plan, but the uncertainty can also be delved into directly through a greater engagement with the entirety of what you are participating in when you invest. What is your money energy giving life to, and does that give you a sense of engagement in your community, or your society? Are you able to spiral out to that Hubble and now Webb Telescope perspective and see the patterns you are engaging in with pride and plan for those you love in a truly sustainable way; sustainable to mind, body, spirit, community, and the earth? It is when we get outside of ourselves and embrace the unknowns as part of the journey to expansion that we are truly able to see money as an enlivening energy that makes available that which we need to live and that which can circulate and support life in all its forms. We can connect to our awe, and see ourselves as part of something positive, full of opportunity.

We live in a world that has the ability to create an unlimited amount of anything, but the way value is too often defined in our society is through the imposition and perpetuation of a scarcity mindset. When we expand our idea of what the nature of our money is and what it can accomplish, we unshackle ourselves from the internal dialogue of scarcity. That way lies freedom, and abundance. That journey has to begin within. We are here to help plan the steps that follow, and to continue this conversation in the days and years to come.

I wish you a hopeful, adventurous and abundant New Year!

Aloha,

Jerry

Please click below to read our full Winter 2022 Newsletter, including messages from Colleen, Bernard & Kim.