Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Dec/Jan 2019 Aspire Magazine Final | Page 33
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t he feeling that everything you need to move
forward in life will be available to you at
precisely the right time, and...
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Simply put, abundance is...
t he willingness to recognize and receive
those things when they present themselves.
In every moment, you can choose to see
the dollars in your bank account and think,
“There’s not enough.” Or, you can choose
to see your overflowing fridge and your car
that’s full of gas, and think, “I have plenty of
everything I need to get me through this day,
and the next day, and the day after that.”
One is a scarcity mindset; the other is an
abundant one. One invites contraction, the
other expansion. around, but nothing else had changed. What
I had created didn’t feel like enough.
It’s Not About
Dollars and Cents It was a huge reality check. It showed me
that feeling abundant really has nothing at all
to do with our bank balance, and everything
to do with how we see our world.
The first year I took my business past
that all-important six-figure mark, I waited
impatiently for that long-desired sense of
abundance to set in … but it never came. I
still felt like the same frazzled, overworked
mompreneur I’d always been. Self-care and
spaciousness hadn’t magically happened.
Nor had the sense of freedom I’ve always
associated with abundance. In fact, I was
working longer and harder than ever. Sure,
it was great to have some extra cash lying So many of us are waiting around for
something―money, a relationship, an
opportunity―to show up and give us
permission to feel abundant. We think
“When I get there, I’ll feel like I can relax.” Or
we’re waiting for our reality (or God, or the
Universe, or whomever) to prove to us that
it’s finally okay to trust in the Universe.
I wondered, “Will I ever feel like I have
enough?”
And then, painfully, “Will I ever feel like I am
enough?”
Ouch.
Sorry, sugar. That’s not the way things work.
Abundance, like happiness, is an inside job,
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