abundance

The key to abundance is meeting
limited circumstances 
with unlimited thoughts.

Marianne Williamson

  
The fastest way to bring more wonderful examples of abundance into your personal experience is to take constant notice of the wonderful things that are already there.

Esther Hicks

     
When I think about creating abundance, it’s not about creating a life of luxury for everybody on this planet; it’s about creating a life of possibility. It is about taking that which was scarce and making it abundant.

Peter Diamandis
   
Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity than is required to accept misery and poverty.

Napoleon Hill
   
People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less for me. The more principle-centered we become, the more we develop an abundance mentality, the more we are genuinely happy for the successes, well-being, achievements, recognition, and good fortune of other people. We believe their success adds to--rather than detracts from--our lives.

Stephen Covey
    

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Acknowledging the good that you already have
in your life is the foundation of all abundance.

Eckhart Tolle

     
Abundance is not something that we acquire.
It is something we tune in to.

Wayne Dyer
    

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you
might pray also in the fullness of your joy and
in your days of abundance.

Khalil Gibran
The Prophet

    

The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know
is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you
will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance.
Success comes from within, not from without.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

    

According to this law [the law of Dharma], you have a unique talent and a unique way of expressing it.  There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world-- and for every unique talent and unique expression of that talent, there are also unique needs.  When those needs are matched with the creative expression of your talent, that is the spark that creates affluence.  Expressing your talents to fulfill needs creates unlimited wealth and abundance.

Deepak Chopra 

   

    

We are buried beneath the weight of information, which
is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being
confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.

Tom Waits

    
What matters most are the simple pleasures so abundant
that we can all enjoy them. . . . Happiness doesn't lie in
the objects we gather around us.  To find it,
all we need to do is open our eyes.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Little Prince
    

   
The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little.

Ben Sweetland

When you're someone who's lived a life where certain resources were scarce, you always feel like abundance is forbidden fruit.

Amanda Gorman

Basically, I chose not to identify with being broke any longer. I realized I deserved a beautiful life, and abundance was something that I needed to welcome into my life.

Jen Sincero

abundance    

One of the hardest challenges posed by the modern world
is how to deal with abundance. It's even harder to confront
because admitting that it's a problem seems spoiled.

Naomi Alderman

   

Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.

John Petit-Senn

    

The abundant life does not come to those who have had a lot
of obstacles removed from their path by others.  It develops
from within and is rooted in strong mental and moral fiber.

William Mather Lewis

   

You are now coming to understand that there is abundance
for you, and it is not your job to work out "how" the money
will come to you.  It is your job to ask, to believe your are
receiving, and feel happy now.  Leave the details to
the Universe on how it will bring it about.

Rhonda Byrne
The Secret

As you think of yourself living in abundance, you are powerfully
and consciously determining your life though the law of
attraction.  It's that easy.  But then the most obvious question
becomes "Why isn't everybody living the life of their dreams?" 

    
If we all lived in a reciprocal way, the flow of abundance
would begin to cut through the systems and structures that
keep us down.  Gratitude is the gateway for abundance.
Practice mindfulness, share, give back, and walk with grace.
If we all walked in this Indigenous way, our Earth would heal.

Asha Frost
You Are the Medicine
   

      

Yes, life can be mysterious and confusing--but there's much of life that's actually rather dependable and reliable.  Some principles apply to life in so many different contexts that they can truly be called universal--and learning what they are and how to approach them and use them can teach us some of the most important lessons that we've ever learned.
My doctorate is in Teaching and Learning.  I use it a lot when I teach at school, but I also do my best to apply what I've learned to the life I'm living, and to observe how others live their lives.  What makes them happy or unhappy, stressed or peaceful, selfish or generous, compassionate or arrogant?  In this book, I've done my best to pass on to you what I've learned from people in my life, writers whose works I've read, and stories that I've heard.  Perhaps these principles can be a positive part of your life, too!
Universal Principles of Living Life Fully.  Awareness of these principles can explain a lot and take much of the frustration out of the lives we lead.

          
    
 

       
    

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