As I get older, I’ve experienced multiple instances of good turning bad, and bad turning good. It’s encouraged me to tone down the judgment and reactive negativity. On a related note, I’ve come to believe that true abundance isn’t defined by time or material, but from possibility itself. Who knows what opportunities we’ll be able to perceive, if we don’t get tangled up in a shortage-minded worldview?
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12 responses to “Musings”
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As I’ve learned from years of driving, doing the speed limit and slowly down will still get you to your destination. You cannot outrun the GPS. But it’s less stressful!
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I think true abundance is simply feeling content with with daily life, and I love those ‘possibilities’ lurking over the horizon! Love your work Kent, I just got back to blogging after about a six year break.
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Welcome back, Jude! Yes, that is definitely a description of true abundance that I can agree with. Many folks rich in resources don’t have that, and spend vast amounts of money and effort trying to get it. I suspect it might be free.
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I think – chasing hard after anything will be the exact reason you can never get there. Because it is never there it has always been here. And here is that still spot where you can just breathe and feel that part of you that can choose to not align with discord and what takes away from peace.
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I think your definition of abundance also highlights the subjectivity of it. That possibility is open to interpretation and what “value” we assign to it. Do we see it as an opportunity or a hindrance? The contradiction is that in order to assign “value” to it, we must judge it. I’m slowly trying to find those things that “just are” to be grateful for: the rising sun, birds chirping and playing, beautiful landscapes. These things can’t be taken from me and I don’t have the power to change them.
Kent Wayne 
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