ABUNDANCE Is Your Birthright
CLAIM IT!
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Learning to live abundantly enhances the quality of life’s journey. The art of living a life filled with abundance is just that - an art. It is the ability to see, feel, believe and expect abundance and prosperity in all areas of life - financially, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Abundance is our birthright as children of God and ‘heirs to the Kingdom.’ Yet most of us give away that birthright; we don’t lay claim to what is rightfully ours! It’s like having a million dollars in the bank, throwing away the checkbook and living in abject poverty. What is abundance? Is there a generic definition that applies to everyone? The dictionary defines it as, Plentiful, fullness, overflowing, ample sufficiency, wealth, affluence, prosperity, comfort, resources, treasure, and so on. We could add a few more, such as health, peace of mind, happiness, friendships, love, family and spiritual fulfillment. We are constantly surrounded and immersed in abundance. It surrounds us as intimately as the air we breathe. If we experience a lack of abundance and prosperity, it is not because there is a lack, but because we believe there is. What we believe we create. That reminds me of a little ‘fish-story.’ A young salmon was swimming restlessly in the Pacific. Around and around he swam, searching everywhere up and down in the water intently looking for something. Finally he noticed a larger fish, a mature salmon. He approached it and asked, “Excuse me, sir, could you tell me where I might find the ocean?” “The ocean?” asked the older fish, “You are looking for the ocean But you are swimming in it now, this minute - totally submersed and surrounded.” “This!?” cried the young salmon, “This is only water, I’m looking for the ocean.” He swam away disappointed, restlessly searching, unaware of being already immersed in that for which he was searching. The moral of this story is - there is nothing to search for. All you need do is look. (Adapted from - “The Song of the Bird” - Anthony De Mello S.J.) The logo for this book is the cornucopia; a basket overflowing with a rich harvest. This harvest is the direct result of the planting of seeds, of tending the garden and then reaping the reward. What kind of seeds do you plant in your garden of life? Do you plant what you really want to harvest? Do you give it serious thought? Do you actually plan the garden, what to plant, when and where? Or is it just easier to mix everything together, good seeds, bad seeds, weed seeds and then just blindly hope for the best?
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Learning to live abundantly is the ability to see, feel, believe, and expect abundance and prosperity in all areas of life—financially, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Unfortunately what often holds us back from achieving abundance is what we believe deep inside about ourselves, our potentials, and our limitations. In her hands-on, step-by-step teaching manual, seasoned psychotherapist Roni Bissett shares practical tips and accompanying exercises that invite others to define their own meaning of abundance and create the lives they have always wanted to live. Bissett, a marriage and family counselor who has conducted numerous workshops on the art of living life abundantly, believes that if we lack abundance and prosperity in our lives, it is not because there is an absence of these things; instead, it is because we believe there is. While reinforcing the phrase “what we believe we create,” Bissett explains how you can realize a happier existence through a series of steps that encourage you to look inward and • change thought patterns from negative into positive; • use the tools of the conscious mind to achieve goals; • identify prosperity barriers and attitudes about money; and • alter thinking through visualization and meditation. Abundance Is Your Birthright is an innovative guidebook that shares valuable advice for anyone ready to bring his or her unique definition of abundance into reality and ultimately achieve true happiness.
About the Author
Roni Bissett is a newspaper columnist, psychotherapist, and marriage and family counselor who, after raising six children, earned an MA in psychology. She is the author of Don’t Trip Over the Pebbles in Your Path and has conducted numerous workshops on how to heal through memories and live an abundant life. She currently lives in Washington State.