Evolving from Scarcity to Abundance!
How? Fulfill needs rather than cater to wants.
Wants vs. needs, is there a difference?
Most often than not, if not always, our wants or desires cost money. Try to conduct an informal survey and you probably end up with a list that looks something like this:
I want to have a good paying job or profession or business!
I want to send my children to good private schools.
I want a house in a safe secure subdivision or a condominium unit!
I want to have a car! Maybe two because of the color coding scheme!
I want to travel and go on vacation every once in a while.
I want to have money in the bank all the time to cover any emergencies and to be able to give to charity and help the less fortunate.
I want to be able to eat in restaurants with great ambiance and chef prepared food once in a while!
I want to be able to afford tickets for shows that develop me in the music, art and culture.
I want to have a retirement and savings plan, an insurance plan and an educational plan.
I want to have money to be able to pay my credit cards on time or better yet be debt-free and pay everything in cash!
I want to be able to afford clothes, shoes, accessories for myself and my family members!
I want to maintain a lifestyle suited to my desired social standing in the community where I live.
But all these cost money right? And income is not enough? This is probably the situation with 70% of the Filipino population.
So, how do we solve this problem?
Identify the needs behind the wants. Fulfill the needs and you reduce the wants that require more money! Identifying and fulfilling our needs will lead us to earn more money and develop the discipline we require to reduce and limit our spending so we do not go on a deficit.
So how do we identify our needs? First and foremost each and every individual human being on the face of the earth is a unique individual with his/her own sets of needs but in general we all human share common needs. Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs best illustrates this:
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS – Breathing, Food, Water, Sleep. God has already provided for all our needs on the physiological level – AIR, EARTH, WATER, LIGHT (& Night).
SAFETY and SECURITY – of body, morality, property, resources, environment, community.
LOVE and BELONGING – Intimacy, family, friendships, community inclusiveness and Oneness.
WORTHINESS, SELF-ESTEEM – Achievement, Confidence, Respect, Responsibility and Authority, Leadership and Group and Community Development.
SELF-ACTUALIZATION – Wholeness, Unconditional Love and Acceptance of Self and Others. Imagination, Creativity. Practice of Universal and Divine Laws. Service.
So let us focus in fulfilling our needs because doing so does not cost money. We only need to change perspectives and in doing so we change our experiences. In addressing or fulfilling the needs behind our wants we will be able to provide greater service to others and then the natural Law of Attraction will manifest and we receive blessings (which include more income) and we are then able to attain our wants as well. We are able to evolve from SCARCITY to ABUNDANCE!
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