Abundance

"If the thought of lack--whether it be money, recognition, or love--has become part of who you think you are, you will always experience lack. Rather than acknowledge the good that is already in your life, all you see is lack. Acknowledging the good that is already in your life is the foundation for all abundance. The fact is: Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world."

"Try this for a couple of weeks and see how it changes your reality: Whatever you think people are withholding from you--praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on--give it to them. You don't have it? Just act as if you had it, and it will come. Then, soon after you start giving, you will start receiving. You cannot receive what you don't give."

(These are excerpts from the book A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle)
------------------------

I find it necessary to constantly remind myself of these basic principles. Sometimes I feel like my "default" state is to complain and to see the negative. Maybe is this consumerist society that teaches us to pay attention to the things we lack, the things we wish we had, and the things others should give us... and all of the sudden we forget and fail to see all the abundance that surrounds us.

I want to change my  my default state to give thanks for all the people and things that are part of my life. In that way I'll be recognizing such abundance, which in turn will lead me to be at peace with the present moment.