02/16/2011
"Noticing the Abundance" by Susan Jeffers
When we focus on abundance, our life feels abundant; when we focus on lack, our life feels lacking. It is purely a matter of focus.
It is true that we can’t be in denial about the pain in our life. That is damaging to our physical and emotional health. And just as importantly,
We can’t be in denial about the abundance in our life!
I suggest that you create a “Book of Abundance” for yourself. Each night before you go to bed, jot down at least 50 wonderful things that happened to you that day. “Fifty things, Susan! I can hardly think of three!” Obviously, you have not been noticing the blessings in your life! The purpose of this exercise is to help you do so. Some of the items you can include are:
- I am able to walk
- I have food to eat.
- I have hot water in my shower
- I’m breathing
- The sun came out
In the beginning, finding these 50 things to be grateful for may take you a LONG, LONG time. Soon, however, the blessings will pour easily onto the paper. That is because you will spend much of the day LOOKING FOR the blessings in your life so that you will have new material to add to your Book of Abundance that night. And you will find them! The benefits are obvious…
As you start looking for the good, your focus automatically is taken off the bad…and you feel blessed!
If you can make noticing the abundance a habit, your life will be transformed!
I remember sitting with my mom in her living room on a cold, dreary winter day just months before she died. She was in much pain and was feeling very weak. At one point when I was in pain about her pain, she looked at me and said, “It’s cold outside…I’m warm and cozy inside. My daughter is here…sometimes you get lucky.”
Wow! I was focusing on her pain. She was focusing on her blessings.
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