Hi EnLifers! I can’t believe it’s Christmas Eve 2017!! Where does the time go seriously? Well, I’ve been sharing my journey and aha moments during this holiday season which I suppose is only fitting since I literally started this blog right at the start of the holiday season-Thanksgiving /Black Friday weekend! Anyhow, today I thought I’d share my ideas and experiences regarding abundance. As you know, I’ve been budgeting, watching my spending, only spending on necessary items and basically trying to balance the spending with the budget so at the end of the month, hopefully what I’ve spent will not outweigh what I’ve earned for the month. Sometimes this process is a little stressful as I’m kind of a recovering OCD perfectionist, so I’m like looking at pennies. Ok-not really, but I am definitely looking at dollars. When an unexpected expense comes up, I’m usually a little freaked out and trying to figure out what I’m going to subtract from in order to balance everything out. But when I receive an unexpected in flux of dollars, I’m like woohoo! Because WHO ever expects to RECEIVE $ unexpectedly? So that VERY thing happened this past week. I received a little notice that some funds were being deposited in our account as some healthcare claims had just been processed (that I’d totally forgotten about) and our Health Savings Plan (maybe I’ll write a post about that in the future) was reimbursing us the co-pays. In that moment, I was most grateful to God and the universe for always taking care of me-always making sure I have enough. That got me thinking about abundance versus scarcity. How living in scarcity is mostly about fear and living in abundance for me is KNOWING that no matter what, God has my back and I will always have enough. This has been a universal truth for me as I look over my life and not just financially either. Every time I feared I wouldn’t have enough of anything, I always did. Whether it was knowledge to pass a test, intuition and discernment in dangerous situations, and just faith when things looked a little hopeless. Sometimes, it’s so easy to get bogged down in what you don’t have or worrying how you are going to afford something, and lose the lesson. But as usual, I always get a reminder right at the time I need it and as usual all that worrying was for naught. I hope that you too can look at your life and find “enough” for I believe that 1) having faith that we’ll be always be ok and 2) discovering what is “enough” are the keys to abundance (more on that later). We don’t have to live in scarcity if we realize that we already have most if not all of what we need and seek. Sometimes we just have to look a little closer and/or redefine what we are seeking. Please share what living in abundance means to you. Merry Christmas to all!
In Abundance,
MK