You like pizza? I looooove pizza. A great big, cheesy pizza with soft fluffy crust covered with lots of pepperoni, peppers, mushrooms – no anchovies please. Anyway, imagine you’re standing in your office break room, you’ve forgotten lunch, and this delectable pizza is sitting on the table, hot and ready to be eaten. The problem is there are 13 of you and there are only 10 slices. I know what you’re thinking: sacrifice my body and dive into it so I can be one of the lucky saps to get a slice. But you look around nervously, waiting for someone else to make a move so you don’t appear selfish. Finally, your co-worker, Larry, shoots to the side of the table and swipes up the first piece. Chaos ensues! Colorful expletives start flying as well as clenched fists. A few minutes later, the secretary comes in carrying three other large pizzas. “Hey!” she shouts angrily, freezing us in our tracks, “there’s enough for everyone!”

So, what’s my point here? All too often we fail to understand the principle of abundance that suggests there IS enough for everyone and – yes – that includes you. We live in a world of abundance; abundance of opportunity, resources, and…wait for it…even money. Yet society has brainwashed us to believe that we live in a world of scarcity. Ever heard someone say “If someone else succeeds that means less success for me” or “there isn’t enough money go around.” That’s a dirty, miserable lie and yet how many of us believe it? Far too many. To paraphrase Carol Rice, founder of Cherish Bound, “The universe is conspiring to help us achieve our dreams!” Once we act, that action creates motion in people and things around us that, like a domino effect, will lead to the fulfillment of our greatest desires so long as we persist. I love that! How different is that from the mentality that the “world is against me”, a thought process which is generally a self-fulfilling prophecy. In contrast, why not believe that the universe is conspiring to make each of us succeed. By having this paradigm of abundance, you will discover that the stars will begin to align for you making it possible for you to achieve your dreams. I know this is true because I’ve witnessed it time and time again in my own life.

So, next time thoughts of scarcity enter that cranium of yours just remember, the world is bustin’ with abundance. A world of opportunity is at your fingertips. Reach out and grab it!