This is a continuation on the topic of abundance and from thinking about it, I have come up with these few things that we must have to be abundent – Respect for Other People, Love of Other People, Self Mastery, and Obedience to the Law.
Are there more? I am sure there are, but these are the first few that come to mind.
Respect for Others
It is a fact of life that we live amongst other people. We have to interact pretty often with others in many different ways to be able to survive and live and it has always been like this.
If you think about the amount of people that you interact with on a daily basis, it is quite staggering. It really doesn’t matter what your occupation of circumstance is, if you want to achieve some level of abundance, you have to interact with others and have a certain level of respect for mankind in general.
My son Koby and I had a day out together on Tuesday and we went to Denver to hang out a bit and when we were there, we went to McDonalds. It was down East Colfax Ave, which is an interesting part of Denver. While we were there, there were people inside begging the patrons for money to buy food and beer. I couldn’t believe that they would just walk around the joint asking inside and out. It didn’t take long for the management to tell the guys to hit the road. They even used their first names which suggests to me that they had been there before. I wouldn’t necessarily consider them to live in much abundance, but even they have to interact with people on a daily basis.
Luckily we live in a society that we can interact and learn from each other, both what to do and what not to do with our lives.
Love of Others
This is similar to respect, but obviously you can have respect for someone with out loving them. On the other hand, you can’t love someone without respecting them.
Love is one of the human desires and we have a need to feel loved. Without it, there is a void that can’t be filled. I am grateful for the love of my family each day and their support.
Self Mastery
One of the great things about life is our ability to make choices. Our lives are a direct result of the choices that we made in the past. Good or bad, we are a living result of our choices.
Each and every day we are faced with choices. Tons and tons of choices to make each day. We also are faced multiple times daily with challenges that we must face, some bigger than others.
Now how do we deal with these choices and challenges? That is where we have to have control over our attitudes and choices. In a sense, master of our selves.
Obedience to the Law
This is one of the most important aspects of abundance because if you are in prison, it is hard to live in abundance. There are a few laws that we must follow. Obviously the laws of the land, but also the laws of cause and effect.
As a society we tend to blame outside forces or other people for our problems. We need to learn that to get from where we are to where we want to be there are certain steps we must take along the way. If you want to be a better weight lifter, you have to lift the weights. If you want to be a better runner, you must log the miles. No matter how much money you have, you can’t hire someone to train for you. If you want to be better at sales, you have to get in front of people, there is simply no way around it.
What thought do you have?
