Love: The Secret to Manifesting Abundance
In times of great economic fluctuations and uncertainty it is our nature to contract, pull in, look for cover, and try to ride out the storm. We often wait and resist change, holding on tight to our present way of life until the storm passes. If we know that a storm will only last for a day or two, we are confident that we can ride it out. But even when the world is in a period of great change and the storm has no end in sight this instinct of pulling in, contracting, holding tight, and waiting is still not the best way to deal with the situation at hand.
There is an old saying, “God never closes a door without opening a window”. But if you are pulled in, holding on, and hiding, it is hard to see exactly where there is a window from which you can fly.
When you are not sure what to do or where to go, begin by going inward. Examine not only where you are, but how you got there, and who you became in the process. This is a time when you must see where you are on your “How much do I love myself?” meter. Follow that up by checking in on how much you really loved the life you led before the storm.
Activities and duties that once took up most of our time and energy seem to have either gone away, are no longer available, or are no longer practical. Recognize how their absence has given you back the wonderful gift of time!
How often in the past did you complain because you never had the time to do the things you wanted to do? If it wasn’t work, your time was spent on other commitments- our personal obligations, social obligations, or business obligations. With the tightening of the economy, many of us find those obligations are no longer affordable. Tough choices had to be made or were made for you. The question is, what are you going to fill that time with? Look around, maybe you are not the only one that suddenly has more time. Is your life partner more available as well? Are your children not taking as many lessons or participating in after school activities five days a week? Or maybe it’s a good friend or a treasured sibling. Yours is not the only world that is changing in all this upheaval, so who can you spend more “together time” with?
Think back to when you were a child and the things you loved to do, when the world was not quite so chaotic. Is it a discovery time? Now you have more time not only to explore yourself and your neglected interests, hobbies, and passions, but the people who are important in your life. Sure, you can sit around with your family or friends and take turns complaining about how unfair everything is and then do mind numbing activities like zone out in front of the TV. Or you might all go into your respective corners to play video games with occasional breaks to complain how unfair it is, but why would you want to? Doesn’t sound like much fun, does it? Instead, why not take this opportunity, as you learn (or perhaps relearn) yourself, to teach your children how to positively positively with tough times? You can discover ways to have fun, be connected, and think through ways that cost nothing more than time and effort.
Rediscover your passions. Learn to love yourself. Love others in new, different, and more intense ways. When you allow yourself to see where your passions take you, you will discover that abundance, in many different and unexpected ways, will start to flow into your life.
Release your attachments as to how things need to look or should look. If you can do that, you can see all the different windows of abundance and the many opportunities the Universe is offering you.
Love, love, and love more, in all its flows and all its aspects. Within those flows, you will find the flow of abundance.
Go find a window.
