What is your “not enough” story?

“I didn’t get enough sleep.”??

“I don’t have enough time to get to that.”??

“I don’t have enough energy, willpower, money….”

Do you recognize yourself in any of these statements??I do.?Last night I had a rough sleep. I was awake from 3 am to 5 am, tossing around, my mind playing a pessimistic soundtrack over and over.???

What was I worried about??

Lack.??

Lack of sleep (“oh god, I’m going to be so tired tomorrow!”).?Lack of money (“Why are we doing this kitchen reno again??We’re BLEEDING money!”)?Lack of loved ones I’ve lost.?Lack of time to read the stack of books I keep adding to.?Lack of…

You get the picture.??

Now, nighttime always seems to bring out our fears and exaggerate them.?I woke up a couple of hours later tired, but not nearly so anxious.?In the light of day, I am able to remind myself that buying into my stories about lack is not helpful.

My dog-eared, post-it’d, highlighted copy of The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist has been a welcome companion over the past year.?Lynne outlines the great lie that is scarcity.

She shows how a scarcity mindset keeps us in fear and holds us back.??

She goes on to illustrate the truth of sufficiency.?Of believing that you have enough, you are enough.?

It doesn’t mean we can’t dream and aspire and want to achieve financial or professional success.?It DOES mean that when we look “around us and within ourselves, we will find what we need.”

The major takeaway from this book for me has been this:??

?? WHAT IF, ?instead of spending energy worrying about what we don’t have enough of, we spent that energy on moving towards what we want for ourselves and the world around us?