What will you discover as your greatest asset?

Day 84 Shells:

When I think about shells I think about how we often go around with a hard exterior in life. It is after we open and become vulnerable that we begin to really experience life to the fullest. Like the Abalone shell, I mentioned in today reading I love the ruggedness of the exterior as it reminds me that regardless of what others think of me. I know the truth of who I am. How many times are we judged based on our appearance? It is like going to a library and looking at all the books available and judging them based on their covers. It is after we dive into the book that we begin to understand the depth and brilliance that it holds. When writing seasons of change, I didn't about the cover until I was finished with the book. Once the book was complete, I knew exactly what the cover was supposed to look like.

Over the last few days, I have been meditating for long periods of time. As I shared with you last week, we are having a Season of Change abundance drive at the Amor Spiritual Center. Each day we are adding an additional penny over the day before thereby creating a new abundance habit. We then meditate for 10 minutes creating an opening within ourselves for the abundance to flow into our lives. I talk a great deal about our habits and how they affect our lives.

I have begun to be aware of the ways in which I close myself off from abundance in my thoughts, words, or actions. By observing this behavior and noticing when it arrives it allows me an opportunity for growth. I pause, say my abundant mantra "I allow the tides of abundance into my life now!" Thereby creating a new habit that allowed me to really become aware of the abundance that I have in my life each and everyday. Oftentimes we get so caught in a focal point in our life that we cannot see the abundance that surrounds us at every segment of our day. It's one of the reasons I ask people to go out in nature and look for the abundant and endless resources that are freely given. One walk on the beach and you will find countless sea shells that are available to us at any given moment. That is abundance! When we begin to open up our understanding, our awareness to the vast amount of abundance that we have flowing through our lives at any given moment we are creating a pathway for even more abundance to enter. It's like when you have an overdraft on your banking account we often focus on the frustration, irritation, and most often failure on our part to keep ample resources in the bank. I find that in those moments when I go for a walk on the beach or, in nature and witness the countless abundance that surrounds me. I can begin to put in perspective this one aspect of my life and realize that it is not the sum total of who I am. When I do this, it allows me to open to the flow of abundance within my life with ease and grace.

I think most people fear change. I have shared with you before the response that our community has to the word change "I can handle a new growth experience." As you begin to look at the areas in your life, that you have abundance notice where you're holding your energy within your body. Is it tight, or is it fluid and open? Our bodies are amazing. They show us everyday the directions were heading and what is coming next by the feelings that we have within ourselves. It's like the shell with this hard exterior and yet the brilliance of its magnificence is found within. What will you discover in your life today as your greatest asset?

I love you,

Thank you,

Read Allen