by winston » Tue May 19, 2015 7:25 am
Eliminate this Common Abundance Block Right Now
Living an abundant life can sometimes be a major balancing act.
Happiness comes from enriching relationships, adequate exercise and nutrition, uplifting reflection and study, spiritual fulfillment, and professional success and prosperity.
It takes practice and a focused mind to balance these important values in our life, and this balance can easily be thrown off by one of the many abundance blocks.
The question is simply: Do you honestly care about others as much as you care about yourself?
If your answer is not an unwavering “yes”, then you are certainly limiting your abundant life.
Two of the greatest teachers of all time had something to say about loving others.
In the Bible it says: “This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you… These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.”
Buddha said, “Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love,’ and a misunderstanding is never ended by an argument but by tact, diplomacy, conciliation and a sympathetic desire to see the other person’s viewpoint.”
It is not a coincidence that all religions and religious leaders often choose to focus their messages on love.
As we focus outward we are not only helping the people around us feel loved and valued, but a significant fruit of this experience is that we become happier ourselves – our joy becomes full.
Changing our frame of mind will lead to success. “I love others as I love myself”.
Loving and caring about others not only leads to happiness and fulfillment on our end, but it can also lead to success and prosperity.
Dale Carnegie, author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, taught that, “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
He further solidified his point with this illustration, “Did you ever stop to think that a dog is the only animal that doesn’t have to work for a living?
A hen has to lay eggs, a cow has to give milk, and a canary has to sing. But a dog makes his living by giving you nothing but love.”
This is not to say that we should be interested in people only so we can gain something from it.
Rather, this principle teaches that our genuine love and sincere interest in the people around us will lead to a life of joy and success.
Two roads to “success”
It seems that there are two general roads to success in life.
The first is what I like to call the Unnatural Path.
This path involves intense competition, superficial flattery, isolation, and sometimes dishonesty and unethical practices.
While this path may sometimes lead to financial success, it never leads to true prosperity and abundance.
The second path is what I like to call the Natural Path.
This path involves friendship, appreciation, genuine hard work, taking healthy risks, sincere interest in other’s needs, networking, and loving others as yourself.
This natural path will not only lead to prosperity, but it will bless you with happiness and abundance throughout the process.
We all should try to change our frame of mind today, so that we can enjoy this life of abundance.
Source: The Abundance Project
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