3 Easy Ways To Amplify Abundance

So the name of the book is “Daring Greatly” and the author, Brene Brown is amazing… and thus far the book is too ;) In Chapter One she references this quote:

“For me and for many of us, our first waking thought of the day is, ‘I didn’t get enough sleep.’  The next one is ‘I don’t have enough time.’  Whether true or not, that thought of not enough occurs to us automatically before we even think to question or examine it.  We spend most of the hours and the days of our lives hearing, explaining, complaining, or worrying about what we don’t have enough of….  Before we even sit up in bed, before our feet touch the floor, we’re already inadequate, already behind, already losing, already lacking something.  And by the time we go to bed at night, our minds are racing with a litany of what we didn’t get or didn’t get  done, that day.  We go to sleep burdened by those thoughts and wake up to that reverie of lack….. This internal condition of scarcity, this mind-set of scarcity, lives at the very heart of our jealousies, our greed, our prejudice and our arguments with life…..”
(by Lynn Twist, “The Soul of Money”)

Ummmmm….. Wow!  Pretty intense thoughts….
I was startled by the idea when I came across it and it even made me a little sad as I typed it.

This quote highlights the little thoughts that have weaved the fabric of what Brown calls, our culture of scarcity.  It’s mind blowing when we start to notice it within & around us.   Our subconscious mind doesn’t distinguish good from bad – it believes what we tell it – So how can we create the thoughts that reflect the life we want to live?


1.  Be the Awareness Police
Every little change begins with one or a small group of powerful minds.

Just because other people are living/thinking in a lack mentality, doesn’t mean that you have to as well!!!
While I don’t think its appropriate to call other people out, (that actually strengthens the inner critic ;), I can call myself out  (gently!) by simply noticing.  Become aware of the thoughts that say not enough -
ie: I am not enough, I am not good enough, I don’t have enough (you fill in the blank)

Your emotion is valid but you don’t have to Validate the Thought.   Recognize that you are assimilating the voices around you –  and you don’t have to internalize or live them!

2.  Think about abundance
Creating the Abundance we want around us begins with recognizing the Abundance within us. Yeah, that feels like a tall order….  But it’s actually pretty simple to GIVE THANKS and acknowledgement for what you have instead of griping about what you perceive is lacking.
 

When you go to bed at night:

• Congratulate yourself on the things you accomplished
• Acknowledge 3-5 things you are grateful for
• Send prayers to friends and loved ones  

When you wake up:

• Think about the things you ARE going to accomplish that day
• Plan at least one activity that brings you joy  (even something tiny counts)
• Visualize your goals and dreams in a positive light

3.  Remember, You are what you eat…. Or in this case what you think….
It boils down to one simple thing….
When we focus on what we don’t want,  we attract more of the things that we don’t want! When our brains focus on lack we attract lack. BUT When our brains focus on abundance we create abundance.  It’s scary sometimes to open up to hope – we fear it leaves room for disappointment and potential failure.  But we can think of it as a win-win – by thinking about what we want, as opposed to what we don’t want,
We create the potential for the things we want to manifest!  The other option is living in the same hole of scarcity dwelling on what we don’t want.  I mean what have you got to lose?  Except the things you don’t want to manifest!

There is an amazing power in realizing our thoughts because it enables to empower our life.
Wishing You Boundless Joy & Abundance
Love,
Meredith