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Want to be happy, healthy, and balanced mentally and spiritually? Sounds like you’re looking for a life of abundance. But how do you begin? when you develop abundance you need both internal changes and external actions. It begins with an open examination of yourself and your life as it is now and a willingness to heal the hurts in your life so you can begin to discover positive opportunities and experiences. It won’t always be easy, but it is worth the work.

How do people know when their lives lack abundance? The most common ‘give away’ is that they are deeply unhappy with some phase or other of their situation. It is often the case that people think of material possessions when they consider abundance. But the truth of the matter is that the people that have accumulated a great deal of personal wealth, but who still remain unhappy, do not experience an abundant life. It is often a sad fact of life that there are many wealthy individuals who despite their wealth have few friends, or do not even trust those that they have, and end up living under fulfilled existences.

In starting to develop abundance, then, needs to start with the way life is approached including beliefs, thinking patterns and emotional habits. If a person is willing to change the way they think (and speak) about things and to develop mature and positive emotional responses, they can turn their life around.

Everyone lives in an abundant universe but not everyone experiences that abundance equally. One of the most important steps in the process of developing abundance is to open up the channels for receiving it. Unresolved issues can block the flow of good into people’s lives. Unforgiveness, anxiety, guilt, shame, anger, and other negative attitudes and emotions can actually blind people to the good available to them and even repel positive experiences.

Anyone who is serious about developing abundance also needs to be serious about facing and overcoming their personal demons. An unfortunate truth is that victims in this world often continue to be victimised. The reason for this is that when people experience negative events or trauma, they also experience a range of feelings and develop beliefs about themselves that can cause them to get stuck in a cycle. This is why the ability to forgive and let go of past pain and grievances is essential to living a truly abundant life.

Developing abundance, then cannot be separated from self development. The first step on the journey to abundance is to take an honest look at one’s life now, evaluating beliefs and noting repetitive thoughts. Once this is honestly assessed, a person is in the position to set personal development and healing goals that will enhance their ability to experience an abundant life.

While changing how you think and feel will not come easily, you don’t have to do it alone. Modern therapies can help, from EFT or applied kinesiology (energy therapies) to cognitive behavior therapy; but you need to commit to doing what is required for as long as necessary to change your life. A large part of attracting abundance starts inside you.

However, developing abundance is not all about dealing with internal issues. Focussed action is also necessary. By setting goals and creating an action plan to achieve them, people can move from where they are now to where they want to be.

The road to abundance is trodden via a combination of inner change and outer focus. There are many people who although they are good goal setters and achievers don’t benefit from an abundant life because they simply do not believe or even see it. Having the benefit is no good if you do not know how to appreciate it. It is like having no benefit at all and cannot create happiness or contentment. To truly benefit from abundance you must first be able to recognize it, and second, you must be able to appreciate it.

Developing abundance in your life will enrich not only your life, but the lives of others as well. In developing abundance we grow our appreciation of everything and everyone around us. We become part of the abundance of our universe and enable others to start their own journey on the road to an abundant life.