“Money comes to your home like rice.”

me a simple tradition she had followed for years.

She placed a small bowl of uncooked rice in a clean area of the kitchen and kept the space around it neat. She told me it wasn’t magic and that rice could not literally make money appear.

“It is a reminder,” she said. “Every time you see it, remember that abundance begins with how you manage what you already have.”

She also gave me three rules.

First, don’t waste what you already have.

Second, keep a small amount of money aside