I think we've confused abundance with accumulation We think more stuff equals more security More clothes, more gadgets, more square footage But the reality is You only need a little bit of food* You only need a little bit of clothing* You only need a little bit of shelter* Everything beyond that? We've seen billionaires who are horrible and we've also seen ordinary people who aren’t nice. The numbers might be different, but the energy is identical It's the energy of scarcity The belief that if someone else gets more, there's less for me But, the more you give, the more flows through you Not to you. Through you. See, we think abundance is about having enough to feel secure But real abundance is about knowing you're already secure Even when you have nothing Because security doesn't come from stuff Security comes from connection to God and from service. From knowing that your value isn't tied to your net worth or job title. I'm not saying we should all live in poverty That's not the point I'm saying we need to examine our relationship with "enough" And what are we doing with everything beyond enough? t's not always obvious greed Sometimes it's subtle entitlement Sometimes it's spiritual superiority Sometimes it's intellectual arrogance But it always comes down to the same thing I matter more than they do The antidote isn't self-judgment The antidote is service, to others with less or in need. Not because it makes us good people But because service breaks down the illusion of separation When you're genuinely serving someone else, you can't maintain the story that you're more important than they are Real service requires recognizing their inherent worth The more you focus on serving others, the more your own needs get met Not through some magical law of attraction nonsense But because service connects you to community and humans thrive in community We're literally wired for it When you're connected to others through service, you're part of something larger And that something larger takes care of its parts. But our culture teaches us the opposite It teaches us to hoard To compete To accumulate resources because nobody else will take care of us No wonder why we feel so isolated and anxious. So, here's what I want to challenge you with today Not to make you feel guilty about what you have But to help you examine your relationship with it Look at your daily choices Your small interactions Your automatic responses When someone needs help, what's your first instinct? When you see someone struggling, what story do you tell yourself? When you have the opportunity to share, what holds you back? And let me clarify something This isn't about giving until you're depleted That's not service, that's self-destruction This is about recognizing that true security comes from being part of something bigger than yourself From knowing that your wellbeing and others' wellbeing are connected Everyone just wants to matter Everyone just wants to be seen Everyone just wants to belong The stuff we accumulate, the status we chase, the walls we build They're all attempts to matter, to be seen, to belong But they're indirect attempts. Service is the direct path So I'll leave you with this question. If you knew you already mattered (spoiler alert, you do). If you knew you were already seen. If you knew you already belonged How would you show up differently in the world? What would you do with your time, your energy, your resources? How would you serve? Because true abundance isn't about having more It's about needing less and giving more And that kind of abundance is available to all of us Right now. Exactly as we are. Love and peace always, Amber xoxox
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Sep 23 202515 min