Abundance Is All Around

I had been focusing on my lack of abundance after sending off the $12,000 dollars or so to the tax man. I kept thinking about what I could have done for myself with that money and how it didn't belong to me anymore. I felt as if it had been stolen from me. And we've been living on a pretty strict budget ever since. If anything happens out of the ordinary, where are we going to come up with the money? It could be anything- car repairs, medical bills, a family member far away becoming sick. Lots of negative scenarios kept running through my mind.

I've changed that thinking whenever I catch myself. After all, I can look in my refrigerator and it actually needs to be cleaned out. There is too much food. I can walk over to the kitchen counter and take my pick of a banana, tangelo, or apple every day. I can even afford to buy 'food' that has no nutritional value at all- colas, candy bars, ice cream. I still own my home that I love so much. Even though I'm not living in it, my kids are able to stay there as they go to college.

My family is healthy. All of us can walk, we are capable of taking care of ourselves and require no medications. All of my children are smart and have no physical or mental disabilities.

My husband has a job that is relatively secure. He makes a good salary. All of my family has a roof over their heads.

I have a vehicle to get around. It is fairly new and should be perfectly reliable. I am able to afford to own such a vehicle.

I have no reason to feel like I am deprived. I bet you don't either. Do you have plenty of food, a roof over your head? Abundance is everywhere. Look around. Do you also have an overabundance of food in your pantry? I bet if you look in your closets there are piles of shoes on the floor and clothes crammed onto the closet rods. Most of the clothes you don't even wear, right?

You probably own more than one television, vehicle, and stereo. Most of your family probably has cell phones. This keeps you in touch with each other at all times and keeps everyone safe in case of an emergency.

Look out your front window. Do you see green grass, birds, squirrels, trees? If so, you are blessed with abundance. Not everyone has this beauty everyday that you take for granted. (See earlier post.)

Concentrate on your abundance. It's there. Whenever a negative deprivation thought tries to bully its way through, block it with a positive affirmation. Even something as simple as "I'm alive" will do.