Wholeness Healing Center

Searching for Abundance

Throughout my career, people told me to guard my energy and output. The message included, “You cannot pour from an empty cup,” thus you must fill your cup with good things so you can give to others and not burn out. This message stayed with me until it was challenged during a Healing Sound experience. The Healing Sound presenter stated that we should all give from our overflow, and nobody should touch her cup. I was astonished by such a different point of view. I stopped to think about the overflow and how that might look in my daily life, and I concluded that the speaker was suggesting I should live my life from a spirit of abundance and give from that abundance/overflow.

The concept of abundance changed the way I viewed many aspects of my life. Food, for example, has historically not been associated with a feeling of abundance. The way I thought about nourishment was in terms of convenience and accessibility. If I changed my perspective to see food from a place of abundance, I would consider how food looks, feels, is prepared, and the sensations as I eat it. Consuming a colorful, flavorful variety of food from a place of care and abundance changes the entire process of feeding myself. I also noticed that I naturally began to eat healthfully and from a place of balance.

I also pondered time and how it was used. I thought about meaningful practices such as engaging purposefully with friends and family that enrich my life. In today’s fast-paced world, it takes intentionality to have heartfelt encounters with the people in our lives. I noticed how pleasant it was to spend time with people while I was fully present and putting distractions away (the phone never came out of my purse!). For hobbies, I narrowed it down to ones that provided the most benefit in my life. I watched less TV and read more.

The way I viewed exercise changed as well. Moving my body always felt like such a chore and something I had to do. Coming from a place of abundance, I saw exercise as a way to enrich my life and feel strong and capable.

We are all so different, and the way we view overflow is unique to each person. So I ask you this: What does living from a place of abundance look like for you? What might shift? What might remain the same? And how might you feel differently in your daily life?

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