| 9 Steps To An Abundant Life
Many of us are bowed down by life – stressed, short
of time, tired, on a treadmill, knowing that this isn’t
the way to live, but not knowing how to free ourselves up
to live more fully, to live an abundant life. There are simple
things we can do – they don’t take time or money
– they take a change of attitude.
9 Steps To An Abundant Life:
1. Being totally financially honest – if you are not,
this implies that there is not enough for you to have everything
you need without dishonesty.
2. Creating a vacuum so that
more good things can flow into it – don’t fill
your life up with things you don’t really want. Ask
yourself if you want each thing before you buy it. Don’t
have abundant rubbish, live an abundant life by seeking out
the things and experiences that work for you in your core
being.
3. Tithing is often associated
with religion, but it is also possible to tithe in a non-religious
context. This seems a really important aspect of living abundantly
– every time you freely give money away, you are implying
that you are confident that more will come – this is
a BIG positive affirmation with a lot of power behind it.
The traditional amount is 10% of your income. I’ve recommended
this to lots of people, and they’ve told me that when
they do this – magically - they seem to have more. I
started with 10% but now I’ve increased it, because
I’ve seen that the more I give away the more I get back,
and the happier and more abundantly I live.
4. Being grateful for what
you already have – focusing on the good that is already
in your life. It’s easy to think about what you don’t
have, but spend some time each day thinking about what you
do have. Start each day by thinking of 5 things that you are
grateful for – and express this out loud.
5. Resentment, jealousy, envy
and self-pity interfere with the free-flow of abundance. If
you are jealous or envious of someone, it implies that what
they have is not available for you to have also. If you find
it difficult to let go of these feelings, Bach flower remedies
may help. Try the remedy ‘willow’ to counteract
resentment and self-pity, or try ‘holly’ for envy,
jealousy and greed.
6. Forgiving those that have
wronged you is part of living an abundant life. Holding on
to your anger, however justifiable it may seem, keeps you
stuck in the past, rather than going forward into a better
future. If it’s difficult to let go of your negative
feelings, try writing a letter expressing all your anger,
hurt or envy. Write until you can write no more, and then
burn it.
7. Being able to receive from
other people. Being able to receive is healthy, but many people
find it difficult. You may need to practice receiving. Think
of the pleasure you get in giving. By not receiving generously
you are denying other people the pleasure of giving.
8. Realize that in general
‘good luck’ plays a very small part in people’s
life. (If you put your faith in good luck, then you have to
accept the possibility of bad luck, too.) People who put their
faith in ‘good luck’ often spend their lives waiting
for things to happen. People who don’t believe in luck
go out and make things happen.
9. Believing that there is
enough money, food, love, etc. in the world to meet everyone’s
needs to live abundantly. I left this one till last, because
it can be very hard to believe when faced with war and starvation
in the newspapers and on the TV, but a lot of this anger and
need is caused because people who have do not believe they
have enough, because they substitute money and food for all
the other abundance of life. Do your bit to correct that imbalance
and start living a life that recognizes there are inequalities
and shortages, but recognizes that we can correct that so
we all have what we need.
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