Always
Wanting More
by
Marie T. Russell
One of
the characteristics of humankind seems to be a desire to
have more. Many experience the feeling, or have the
belief or attitude of never having enough. We sometimes
seem to view this as a "negative" experience, as in
the case of not having enough money, love, clothes, or a
myriad of other "possessions". We never seem
to be satisfied, to always need more to enable us to
reach that elusive point of total satisfaction.
This
drive of always wanting more does have its positive side—it
is what leads us ever onward. 'Not having enough'
can be the motivation to keep on going, to grow to our
full potential, to have more happiness, more well-being,
more fulfillment, and attain self-realization.
There
also is a catch to be aware of. If this desire for "more"
becomes a need, or an obsession, then it can be a
hindrance rather that a helper. If we are attached to
our desire for more, whether it be for material goodies
or spiritual ones, we may lose sight of our true goal in
the process. A good analogy for this is being so
concerned with not having any fruit on the kitchen
table, that we neglect to look out the window to see the
tree loaded with fruit ready and waiting to be picked.
Sometimes, we can be so caught up in seeing what we don't
have, that we don't see what we do have.
It
serves to remember that we always have enough if we are
but willing to accept what is. Possibly there is only
one orange in the fruit basket, and some part of us may
feel that one is not enough... yet, with a higher
perspective, we can see that one orange is all we need
at the moment, that one is enough, and that when we
require more, more will indeed be available.
I
sometimes find myself choosing to be unhappy over an
imagined lack in my life. For example, possibly the rent
or mortgage payment is due on the 1st of the month, and
it is the 28th, and the money is not yet to be seen. The
choice lies in accepting what is and trusting that the
money will indeed be present when it is the proper time,
or, choosing to be unhappy now (on the 28th of the
month) about an imagined lack coming a few days later.
The more comfortable choice lies in choosing to accept
what is, desiring the money to be there when the time is
right, trusting and letting go of the fears and doubts,
and then doing what needs to be done to ensure that the
money does indeed arrive.
We often
make ourselves wrong for not having what we see as a
need. We cry about not having the money to participate
in a workshop that will be happening in a month's
time. The alternative? Choosing to enroll in the
workshop, asking the Universe (Source, God, or whatever
name you apply to the Divine Energy) to supply you with
the way to attend the workshop, then relaxing and
trusting that the Universe already has it all worked
out. Pay attention to your intuition as to ways to
manifest your goal.
I
personally have experienced such situations of money
arriving on time to meet the need, and I know of others
who have also. It does work. The money somehow
materializes, and sometimes in ways you do not even
expect. When we are willing to let go of the fear, the
self-pity, we can open ourselves up to receiving the
abundance of the universe.
Another
aspect to remember is that your goal (in this example)
is attending the workshop, not raising the money. The
difference lays in the fact that you may get free
tickets to the workshop, or you may trade volunteer
hours for attendance, etc. If you are asking and looking
for more money, you may miss out on what you really want—the
workshop.
The
moral of my story is that it is fine to desire, and to
ask for what you want, and that the secret to getting
what you want is to have a relaxed open hand to
receiving. The world is full of gifts. Let go of the
fear you have been hanging on to, and make room for the
goodness to enter.
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