Love, Appreciation, Abundance

If you truly love other people you will have the desire to increase their abundance in life even more than you will focus on abundance for yourself. Why do you need so much material abundance in this life? Is it to live like the wealthy people who own all the toys yet are miserable in life? Examine your motivation for desiring material abundance. Is it simply to have a comfortable life for yourself, or are you focused on how much good you can do for others if you are able to experience material abundance yourself? Your motivation for acquiring things will tell a great deal about whether the acquisition of abundance would bring you greater fulfillment or would instead bring you only misery. One way you can begin to tell this is to measure your level of appreciation. Are you absolutely appreciative of each and every blessing that comes your way, or do you tend to take things for granted? Although you have been given a great deal to be thankful for, unless you show your deep appreciation on a regular basis then you will soon feel a slowing down of these gifts. If you truly want to experience abundance you must continually give thanks for what you have, no matter how much or how little it may be. You must also be completely generous with everything you have and be anxious to share it with as many others as possible. You must be a person who shares and whose greatest joy comes from sharing your love with others.