How To Move from Survival Thinking to Abundance Living; New Opportunities

The Door to the Big Unknown

After years of feeling stuck and unfulfilled, I officially hit a major impasse in my life path. I had no financial support, no inheritance looming, and zero in my savings account. The way I saw it, I had three choices:

1.  Cave into the pressure, stay stuck, and allow life to continually overwhelm me.

2.  Resort to the same habitual ways of doing a job (or making money) that continually left me feeling emotionally flat and worn out.

3.  Step out into the big unknown world, face my fears, and aim for a life with purpose.

To this day, I’m so thankful that I dug deep, gathered my courage, and opted to open Door Number Three for new opportunities. Many people stay immobile and stick with Door Number One or Door Number Two because they feel that nothing is worth risking the security and stability of a lifestyle that they feel familiar and safe with, even if they’re unhappy. I’m not criticizing this choice. Only you can determine the right path for you. There are realistic issues of responsibilities, the cost of living, education and retirement. I get it. Remember, I was there.

What I can say to help quell your fears is that when you’re following your passion, the excitement and momentum you expel can create a financially rewarding outcome far above and beyond your survival consciousness. The key is to move from survival thinking to abundance living. 

“I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it. Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!”

~Madame C. J. Walker, Hair care entrepreneur, philanthropist, the first woman to become a millionaire by her own means according to the Guinness Book of Records (1867-1919).

What beliefs about money did you grow up hearing?

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