One of the hardest lessons I learnt after working with my apache Indian friend on his workshops was ‘making space for abundance’. Having not had two pennies to rub together most of my life, I was always cautious about handing out money easily. It’s completely understandable: when one has little, we’re careful about sharing abundance in case we’re left without ourselves.
However, when I realised that holding back from my instinct to be generous was an act of fear, I gently started to trust more in my friend’s recommendation of trying to make room for prosperity so I could share that with others.
In opposition to what I formerly believed, though – that we had to wait for prosperity to come to us before we shared it – I started to understand that true abundance comes to us when we crate space for it by being philanthropic.
Think of it like a balloon: it seems full after the first blow, but blow a little harder and you’ve made space for more. And then again, even more. And if you’re lucky, at some point the balloon will burst and then the abundance really starts to flow without restriction! Believing there’s enough and more, makes the abundance come to us.
I now follow my gut instinct about sharing and giving. Even (especially) when it would seem I don’t have ‘enough’. And it never ceases to amaze me where the funds to cover that spirit of openness suddenly appear from. I guess it’s true that you only need to learn to walk tall to see over a hedge.
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