04/11/2021
“Abundance is not the money you have in your bank account, the trophies on your shelf, the letters after your name, the list of goals reached, the number of people you know, your perfect, healthy body, your adoring fans.
Abundance is your connection to each breath, how sensitive you are to every flicker of sensation and emotion in the body.
It is the delight with which you savor each unique moment, the joy with which you greet each new day.
It is knowing yourself as presence, the power that creates and moves worlds.
It is your open heart, how deeply moved you are by love every day, your willingness to embrace, to hold what needs to be held.
It is the freshness of each morning unencumbered by memory or false hope.
Abundance is the feeling of the afternoon breeze on your cheeks, the sun warming your face.
It is meeting others in the field of honesty and vulnerability, connecting beyond the story, sharing what is alive.
It is your rootedness in the present moment, knowing that you are always Home, no matter what happens, no matter what is gained or lost.
It is touching life at the point of creation, never looking back, feeling the belly rise and fall, thanking each breath, giving praise to each breath.
It is falling to your knees in awe, laughing at the stories they tell about you, sinking more deeply into rest.
Abundance is simplicity.
It is kindness.
It is you, before every sunrise: fresh, open, and awake.
You are rich, friend! You are rich!”
~Jeff Foster, The Way of Rest: Finding The Courage to Hold Everything in Love
