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Abundance

Today we went shopping to a supermarket and again I was amazed with the abundance we can see all around us. And as my credit card still works we were able to buy all the things I wanted. And it was strange, as before I used to think about that I didn’t have enough money, didn’t have enough income and that kind of ruined our shopping. And I never understood my partner at that time. And maybe I’m stupid buying all this stuff today while I have no clue where to get the money to pay for it when my credit card is due. But no, I don’t think so, as I’m starting to see what the ideas of the Law of Attraction are about, or at least the ideas I got related to that from the 30 day law of attraction program.

You see, one of the things i realized was that it wouldn’t really make any difference whether I would worry about where to get the money or not. We need the stuff anyhow and also buying a few more things or a few more things of a more expensive brand won’t really change anything in our financial situation. And before of course I knew this also rationally. But I didn’t feel it and therefore often was very worried and negative going shopping. So besides not having the money, or not enough, or not enough in my perception, I just made things worse by focusing on that. So before that often ruined my day, my shopping, my mood, the mood of my partner and many more things.

And today was different, which was weird, as actually I’ve never been in a worse financial shape than now and I still don’t see any improvement in that either. And don’t get me wrong, I don’t like it and it does affect my life in a negative way in some way. But unlike before I am now starting to refuse to let it ruin my life, ruin my day. And this means also that I see many more positive things around me, like today again I saw the abundance in the supermarket, all the products that are there in quantities I or my partner and I or the people in our household even together with friends could never consume. And again I saw many people behind all this, the service staff and a bit of the supply chains behind all this, behind the ‘providing me my food and other daily needs’. And I can only see a small part, as while thinking about these things there are thousands and thousands, maybe even ten thousand or more people involved in providing me with the stuff we bought today.Those few boxes and plastic bags with household stuff like foods and toilet stuff and cleaning stuff.

And again, don’t get me wrong as I don’t know where this goes with my life and my finance and if this law of attraction stuff (crap?) saying something like that with more positive vibrations I attract more positive stuff. But while writing this somehow it does already. As there are visiting more people this house recently for example, and that’s one of the things I wanted. And I don’t have so many fights with my partner anymore.

And no matter what, no matter this little tiny voice in my mind somewhere saying i’m stupid with this overspending, I do feel happier and I did have a happier day seeing more positive things. And is it really overspending? I work hard enough and I would love to pay all the dues I have. But the work is just not paying enough (yet?) and other money is not flowing in yet, so indeed, why not have a more positive mindset and be happy. What can be wrong with that?

Teamwork

Yes, today I watched another movie. And the more I look around me the more I see that everything is teamwork, literally everything. In everything we do, in everything we receive, in everything that is there, there are many people involved, all contributing to the things we have.

So yes, I’m starting to become grateful for that, that I don’t have to grow my own food or have to shoot some animal for meat. And that’s even the simplest thing. What about the computer I’m using now or the TV I was watching earlier. Or just the electricity to make the lights shine or the simple native bed that I will sleep in later. Even that was made, was made possible by the effort of many people.

So thank you, all the people who make my life easier, even though we don’t always see that, feel that.

Amazing

JollibeeYesterday I went to the mall and while in the mall, looking for somewhere to eat or while eating, suddenly it hit me how abundant life indeed is for almost every human being, but how more for me. You see, I have no money left in my bank account so I used my credit card, meaning someone was willing to give me money, even though I don’t have anymore myself. And I only took something like EUR 200.00 while my credit limit is something like EUR 2,500.00, so I could have gotten and still can get a lot more. So I felt rich with my PHP 10,000.00 that I got from the ATM, even though of course I know there are some drawbacks with this thing. But again, that is negative thinking, so yesterday I tried to look at the positive side and I really felt rich, really lived in the moment and I still do. So I got this PHP 10,000.00 from the ATM and realized how much equipment, capital, work, etc., etc. is behind this simple transaction. Because someone has put that money in the ATM so I could get it out. And someone is maintaining records somewhere in a computer to make my Credit Card work. Also people have built those programs and this infrastructure to make that all work. And I had and have nothing to do with that. It all happens without me, without me even really knowing, without me mostly even realizing. And it is not only now, but it also has a long history of people doing things, as those machines and stuff can only be built with metal and stuff, where metal making was invented long, long time ago. And all those programs have been built on other, more basic programs, also long time ago. And the infrastructure like cabling and buildings and whatever more you can think of has also been built, being created over a long time. So many, many people are being and have been involved in this little transaction of mine.

And it goes further, as I went to Jollibee, the Philippine fast food branch similar to McDonalds (well, just the one that I know best, no offense to similar fast food chains). So when I stood in line I realized that everything there was also amazing and that many, many, many people were and are involved in my simple little meal. People had built the building in which this branch is located and someone had decided to open this specific Jollibee branch. And many, many people have been involved, have been working to grow or create the food. That food has probably taken months to ‘grow’, or even years if you think about the cow meat produced for the meat in the hamburger. But on shorter term deliveries have been made to this specific branch and the food has been prepared by the people inside. And I looked at the paper wrapper around my hamburger and realized that had also been produced and someone had folded it around my hamburger.

So I ate and when I left I realized someone would clean up my mess after I left and people would clean the store during or after opening hours. So yes, again many people were, are and will be of service to me, even after I have left, mostly without even knowing, without realizing.

So yes, its really amazing what we all created. And it’s just there and we just use it, mostly without realizing, mostly just taking it for granted.

Drunk

Yes, I’m a little bit drunk. And that inspired me for today’s quote as sometimes it’s just good to let go, to not be too serious. And not too easy right now for me to write, to write something serious, as that’s what I intend of course to achieve with my daily posts: be serious, bring something good, something serious to the world.

But while writing now I feel like kind of a fool. Because is life just not to be just enjoyed and are we often not way too serious about it? And no, I certainly don’t want to promote being drunk every day or something, or be dependent on alcohol or something. But looking at myself now i often am way too serious, including with this site and my daily obligations about it, like sending an inspirational quote every day and writing a post every day. And the main reason for the last is even just to promote the site in Google, just to put content to get the site started. No, that’s not fully true. I also want to attract people in a similar situation as i was, and somehow still am.

But I did make progress and am even very successful in many areas of my life. And i’m even much more happy than before, even though my circumstances didn’t really change for the good or what i consider good or what I wanted, especially in terms of money, money that would give me some more freedom to do what I want, like travel, have a car, visit friends, invite friends. That kind of stuff. So on the contrary of having better circumstances in many ways i can confirm now that you indeed can be more happy independent of your circumstances. it’s just a choice.

So just choose to be happy. That’s all. And the rest will follow.