C.S. Lewis once said:
“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
This quote came to my mind recently when I created a monthly money goal and immediately thought “I don’t know if I can do that.”
I doubted myself, believed it would be hard to make THAT much money, and more. Oh, the drama.
Have you been there before?
The quality of your life is determined by the questions you ask yourself
As soon as I saw the mental drama for what it was, I chose to change the questions I was asking myself.
Instead of asking myself “is this even possible? I mean…do you have any proof you can do that this month?”
I asked myself: “how would I feel if I had already accomplished my money goal? It’s done. It’s in the past. How do I feel in this moment?”
I felt pride! I felt like my faith was proven right, even when I had no proof.
And I recognized that operating from the plane of possibility is what it takes to create something you’ve never created before.
As soon as I recognized this mindset shift, I asked myself this powerful question:
When did I decide that my dreams are lofty and unattainable?
Because, what if they aren’t? what if, in all actuality, my dreams are only big and difficult because I can’t imagine more than what I’ve created?
But what if what I’ve created is the equivalent of making mud pies in the streets and the truth is that what’s available to me is the holiday at the sea? Would I understand that my dreams aren’t too big…they’re really too small?
Why do we downgrade our dreams?
We want a 6-figure year…but then we feel the need to justify it. We explain why we want it…going so far as to attach some kind of huge charity endeavor to it to prove that we will still be good people if we make a lot of money.
We want the money…and then immediately feel shame, remembering all the times we tried and failed with a goal.
Changing our point of view to increase our abundance
But what we don’t understand is that there’s another entire universe. It’s here all around us and we’ve been blind.
While we were feeling like $10k months was too much, unnecessary, meant we were selfish, or was just hard to make happen, people all around us illustrated that wealth beyond our comprehension is all around us.
People driving by you in cars that cost more than you make in a year.
Someone carrying a handbag that costs more than you make in a month.
People donating to charity more money than you think you can make in your whole lifetime.
While we’re explaining and justifying away our tiny dreams, the world is moving on, creating income we can even understand.
What if we defined our goals through the lens of infinite abundance instead of scarcity and impossibility
Beyond our finite world of predictable and logical, is the creator of an entire universe, who created mind-blowingly complex, illogically beautiful things….because the creator could. Because the creator of the universe is infinite creativity and unlimited potential.
What if we defined our dreams by a standard of what’s possible…not what’s predictable.
On the other side of the veil we’ve been seeing life through, is an entire world defined by abundance and possibility. A world where there’s no maximum to the amount you can charge or make because there will always be more.
The reality is…our biggest dreams are still a drop in the bucket compared to the limitless abundance, powerful creativity, and overflowing love of God.
So…what if your dream isn’t too big…what if it’s too small.
And…what if it works this time?
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An abundance mindset is not just about money. It’s about your mind’s ability to see solutions instead of problems. It’s about training your mind to be resourceful instead of threatened. And in that state, you can indeed change your mind by training your mind to filter for abundance instead of scarcity.