I think we've confused abundance with accumulation   We think more stuff equals more security   More clothes, more gadgets, more square footage   But the reality is   You only need a little bit of food*   You only need a little bit of clothing*   You only need a little bit of shelter*    Everything beyond that?   We've seen billionaires who are horrible and  we've also seen ordinary people who aren't nice.   The numbers might be different, but the energy is identical   It's the energy of scarcity   The belief that if someone else gets more, there's less for me     But, the more you give, the more flows through you   Not to you. Through you.   See, we think abundance is about having enough to feel secure   But real abundance is about knowing you're already secure   Even when you have nothing   Because security doesn't come from stuff   Security comes from connection to God and from service.   From knowing that your value isn't tied to your net worth or job title.   I'm not saying we should all live in poverty   That's not the point   I'm saying we need to examine our relationship with "enough"   And what are we doing with everything beyond enough?   t's not always obvious greed   Sometimes it's subtle entitlement   Sometimes it's spiritual superiority   Sometimes it's intellectual arrogance   But it always comes down to the same thing   I matter more than they do   The antidote isn't self-judgment   The antidote is service, to others with less or in need.   Not because it makes us good people   But because service breaks down the illusion of separation   When you're genuinely serving someone else, you can't maintain the story that you're more important than they are   Real service requires recognizing their inherent worth   The more you focus on serving others, the more your own needs get met   Not through some magical law of attraction nonsense   But because service connects you to community and humans thrive in community   We're literally wired for it   When you're connected to others through service, you're part of something larger   And that something larger takes care of its parts.   But our culture teaches us the opposite   It teaches us to hoard   To compete   To accumulate resources because nobody else will take care of us   No wonder why we feel so isolated and anxious.     So, here's what I want to challenge you with today   Not to make you feel guilty about what you have   But to help you examine your relationship with it   Look at your daily choices   Your small interactions   Your automatic responses   When someone needs help, what's your first instinct?   When you see someone struggling, what story do you tell yourself?   When you have the opportunity to share, what holds you back?   And let me clarify something   This isn't about giving until you're depleted   That's not service, that's self-destruction   This is about recognizing that true security comes from being part of something bigger than yourself   From knowing that your wellbeing and others' wellbeing are connected   Everyone just wants to matter   Everyone just wants to be seen   Everyone just wants to belong   The stuff we accumulate, the status we chase, the walls we build   They're all attempts to matter, to be seen, to belong   But they're indirect attempts. Service is the direct path   So I'll leave you with this question.   If you knew you already mattered (spoiler alert, you do).   If you knew you were already seen.    If you knew you already belonged   How would you show up differently in the world?   What would you do with your time, your energy, your resources?   How would you serve?   Because true abundance isn't about having more   It's about needing less and giving more   And that kind of abundance is available to all of us   Right now.   Exactly as we are.   Love and peace always, Amber xoxox

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