What Do You Want Out of Life?

What do you desire? How would you like to see abundance play out in your life? Do you want more love? More success? More money? More friends? More travel? Better health? More joy? All of the above? 

Remember trick or treating when you were a child? Coming home with a bag full of candy, dumping it all over the floor, and becoming mesmerized by the abundance of candy that you had accumulated? Just thinking about it makes me smile. Maybe you were like me and separated all of your candy into nice neat piles, organizing them by name, type, or flavor. Didn’t you feel accomplished for DAYS? Oh yes, and abundant success! 

 That’s what abundance is; plenty, or a very large quantity of something.  

If you’re like me, you’ve experienced abundance many times throughout your life. I remember my Barbie collection. Wow, did I have an abundance of Barbies and her friends! I had an airplane, townhouse, cars, a Jeep, swimming pool, grocery store, schoolroom and so much more. I would revel at the abundance of Barbie stuff I had and would spend days setting everything up only to play for an hour or so. The joy was in the journey for sure, and the goal was always to collect more so that I could grow and expand my Barbie world. Yep! Abundance!

Unfortunately, abundance doesn’t seem to play out like this in most people's lives.  

Most people see an abundance of pain, struggle, lack of money, sickness, and other negative things. They fail to see life as abundant and plentiful in the positive sense of the word. Why is that? Why do most people struggle in life and miss out on experiencing this thing called “abundance?”

 As children, it may have seemed easier to recognize abundance when it occurred, but for most people, as time went on, we began to learn about the ‘real world’ and that there was more lack than abundance. We were taught that money was hard to come by and that it didn’t grow on trees. And that having lots of money was only for the fortunate few. Does any of this sound familiar?

How many times were you told “NO” as a child? Countless times, yes? And how about when you were told to stop dreaming because you had to be realistic? Or maybe someone told you that your glasses were weird, or that you couldn’t sing, or that you were too big or not smart enough to be or do something? 

The "More Life Principle"

We all have things that were said and done to us that shaped our beliefs, which created our view of the world and of ourselves, much of it based on fear and lack. Fear and lack are not your natural state of being; abundance is.

Abundance isn’t just for the elite, the few, or for the people “at the top”, it’s for all! It’s the natural state of life and can be showered upon anyone willing to look at it and receive. This natural state, which is to manifest, grow, and become more, is the tendency of the life force within us all, and seeks to produce more, and create more of everything. I call this the “MORE LIFE PRINCIPLE” and it’s ever-present in all living things. 

 You are either growing or dying. This is the way the “More Life Principle'' works. If you’re growing, you’re expanding, and becoming more you’re meant to be and therefore more abundance shows up in your life.  If you're not growing, you’ll see more of the opposite in your life. Therefore you will not be growing, and you’ll see an abundance of lack in your life, in all areas including your health, business/career, relationships, leisure time, material things, and finances. In all areas, you will continue to receive an abundance of lack. So if you’re growing and expanding with the more life principle you will have positive results, and if you’re basically dying with the more life principle, you will be attracting an abundant amount of negative experiences. 

Because abundance is a universal principle, a universal law, and an abiding principle within the Universal Laws. It is the simple fact that there is an unlimited Source of everything we need or could ever want. This great abundance is already yours, infinitely available to everyone all the time.

When we can work with this law, we flourish, but first, we have to become aware of this truth and shed some old beliefs based on lack in order to access it.

Awareness is KEY!

Look outside at nature and you can see this magical law working beautifully. Each season the trees blossom, flowers bloom, rain falls, plants continue to grow, flourish and bear fruit, and all of nature continues to expand; continually becoming more.

You’ve actually been designed to do the same. To create, expand, grow, and live in abundance. Unfortunately, most of us have forgotten this and live in an unnatural state of lack and scarcity. In this unnatural state, you can’t see the reality that sits before you because of the belief blinders you’ve put on. 

Everything in your life is a direct result of your beliefs. Who you are, what you do, how you feel, everything comes from your beliefs. A belief is accepting something as truth, whether it’s true or not. Beliefs are influencing your thoughts, emotions, actions, and reactions all of the time

Up until about the age of 7, children have no emotional defenses and absorb everything around them like sponges. They soak it all in without the capacity to reason things out. Some of those things absorbed are positive and some are negative, all creating beliefs about who you are and the world around you.

Everything that you were told or experienced you believed to be true and many of those beliefs were based on the belief of not enough. Therefore, beliefs of not having enough, being enough, and other beliefs of lack were adopted by you and became part of who you are today. 

Beliefs of not enough haunt most people and as a matter of fact, not feeling like you’re enough holds people back from achieving the things in life they really want. 

 Beliefs such as:

• I’m not good enough
• I’m not smart enough
• I’m not pretty enough
• I’m not thin enough
• I’m don’t have enough skills
• I don’t have enough money
• I don’t have any talents or gifts
• I never have enough time
• I never seem to have the right answers

The list goes on!

All of these beliefs are based in LACK, SCARCITY, NOT ENOUGH. 

Whether You Think You Can Or You Can’t, You’re Right!

Have you ever heard, “whether you think you can or you can’t, you’re right?” What you believe to be true will be true for you. Beliefs are powerful and dictate your thoughts, feelings, and emotions, which in turn, create your reality. So if your main belief system is based in the negative, then that’s what you’ll see played out in your life the majority of the time. 

If lack has infiltrated your belief system, you will experience an abundance of lack. The belief in lack contributes to so much pain and suffering. If you’re experiencing disappointment and what you perceive to be failure, then you can be sure the belief in lack is the culprit.

If you want to shift to positive abundance based on health, happiness, wealth, and success, then you must change your beliefs to match what you’re wanting to experience. 

“Lack is a perception, not reality. In reality, abundance exists all around you. 'Lack,' is what we call the condition of being unaware of the abundance around you.” –Michael Stevenson

I want you to stop and think for a moment, have you ever not had your needs met? How about at this very moment, look around you. What do you see? Make a mental list for a moment. If you’re sitting inside your home somewhere, I bet you can see the chair you’re sitting on, lights, pillows, artwork, coffee mugs, other furniture, rugs, walls, outlets, maybe a TV or computer, tables, coasters, books, plants, windows, a ceiling, walls, the list goes on! Think about all of the material objects you have that help make life comfortable for you at this moment. I bet there’s a whole lot of stuff you can see, and it’s an abundant amount of stuff! You’re already experiencing positive abundance, you’re just not aware of it. 

Go open up a drawer or a closet and look inside. Look at all of the abundance that you have! Open up a book, and look at the abundance of words and knowledge! Look outside your window. What do you see? Make another mental note. I’m sure you see an abundance of nature, homes, sidewalks, cars, and whatever else you may see out there.

Now, for just a moment pause, give thanks for all of the abundance you see and have in your life. Show appreciation and gratitude for this moment and all that is in your life.

Take a moment and take a deep breath, down to your chest, with gratitude and be grateful to just be here. Use the hand that’s closest to your heart with your eyes closed and just think about how grateful you are right now coming from the heart center to allow yourself to feel gratitude. 

Abundance is everywhere, always. You just have to become more aware of it. The more you become aware of it and show gratitude for it, the more abundant you will feel, and the more abundance will show up in your life. 

And the same holds true for the opposite. If you focus on all of the negative, unwanted things and circumstances, you will produce more of the same. When you're living in fear or lack, you're out of alignment with who you are. It’s up to you how you decide to see your life play out. Remember the law of abundance is always working, just like the law of attraction is always working. 

In order to create a life full of positive abundance, full of love, joy, peace, kindness, wealth, health, success, and all things good, you’ve got to have beliefs and state of being that matches those things you’re wanting, based in love and abundance. Then you'll create the emotional energy that will go out and attract the things that you were wanting in your life.

One of the strongest forces in you is that you must act in a way that consistently matches your thinking.

Your thinking consistently reflects your beliefs and your state of being. If you don’t like what you’re seeing in your life, change your beliefs, thoughts, and state of being. 

Change your present beliefs and your life changes, not only in the present, but in the past and future as well. That is the creative power of belief.  By changing this limiting programming, you will realize your true dormant potential.

Understand that everything you desire exists now, otherwise you couldn’t even imagine it. There is no lack of anything, there is enough of everything for everyone. This is the law!