I, like many people, have been praying for the people of Haiti since the devastating earthquake and after-shocks took place there this past week. I, like many people, went online and made a donation to offer the little help I can give. A few minutes after I sent my donation, an email arrived in my inbox and it was someone offering to pay me to speak at their upcoming event. I smiled at the timing because I truly believe that any thoughts and actions that demonstrates abundance attracts future situations, events, and people that contribute to our abundance.
Do you have a similar story? Maybe it’s on a smaller or larger scale, but you’ve probably had the opportunity to be generous in spirit by giving your time, energy, money, or any other kind of resources to others and then received some kind of abundance rather soon after.
The universe works quite like a search engine – it simply gives us what we focus on.
Being generous in some way is you focusing on your abundance of that particular thing because, hey, let’s be honest, you wouldn’t be doling it out if you thought you had a seriously limited supply. We give stuff away when we have that feeling that we can access that stuff whenever we darn well feel for it. You can’t give away what you don’t have. That’s an oldie-but-a-goodie for a reason.
Sharing stuff that’s pretty important to you is a big ol’ message to the universe that you have an unlimited supply – it’s like throwing your head back, looking at the sky and yelling, “There’s lots more where that came from!!!” What happens next? You discover that yes indeed, there is lots more where that came from. On the flip side, hoarding resources is a fearful state of mind and a strong focus on lack and that search engine (aka the universe) gives you exactly what you’re thinking and talking about: NOTTA. The big goose egg.
This whole abundance-abundance and lack-lack thing comes down to vibes. The universe is a search engine and a mirror. It not only gives you what you focus on, but it also matches the vibes that you are giving out. Vibes are a short form for vibrations and vibrations are attached to every thought and feeling we have. Negative thoughts (which are a form of negative energy) attract negative energy and positive thoughts (which are a form of positive energy) attract positive energy.
The vibe matching that goes on comes to you in the form of future situations, events, and people in your life that have the same vibe. A simple example of this is when you’ve felt like you were on a roll. There’s the vibes being matched…the “snowball effect” is another term for it. When I made that donation to the Canadian Red Cross, that focus on abundance and those “good vibrations” attracted that new client and source of income to land in my email inbox. Cool. I helped with money and the universe brought me more money. I’m on roll.
Want more of something? Release the fears you have about there not being enough. Because there is enough of everything. Loosen the tight clutch you have placed around it and GIVE IT AWAY. Be generous of spirit and show the universe that there’s lots more where that came from. And then wait for the magic to happen. As law of attraction guru and author, Michael Losier , says, “You get what you think about, whether you like it or not.” Big Love, susan