Simplicity vs Scarcity
- sacredspace808
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
When I live Aloha, simplicity feeds my soul and abundance finds its way in. LIVE ALOHA and motivate greatness by choosing trust over fear.
A few years ago, I purchased probably one of the nicest vehicles that I have owned in many years. A 2008 Kia Optima. I paid $4100 cash for it. Tinted the windows… beautiful. But I only had that car for about four months, because I hit a deer one Halloween night and totaled the car.
Which leads me to the topic of Scarcity.
“There’s not enough money. There’s never enough money.
Save what money you have because…
you don’t know when you’ll have more money.”
I developed these thoughts as a single mother over a period of years. Years of worrying about rent, utilities and food slowly shriveled my soul. I learned how to do without, how to use what I had (the beginning of minimalism), and how to stretch out the money I did have.
I developed Scarcity Syndrome. Fear, lack, and anxiety. I don’t recall thinking I lived in abundance, even when I had a good paying job.
Remember the Kia Optima? I only purchased collision insurance because insurance doesn’t pay for engine repairs, and I didn’t have to worry about covering a car loan… but mostly, it was due to the training I had received in scarcity.
Deer – totaled vehicle that I paid cash for – no comprehensive insurance coverage – not enough cash to purchase another vehicle.
Looking back, it wasn’t the best decision-but it made sense inside a scarcity-trained nervous system. Scarcity was a trauma response that I had lived in for years. But this experience, it was a wake-up call.
Now, if you’ve been following my blogs, you know that I have a bike. And I love riding my bike. I rode everywhere, and kept enough auto insurance to rent a car on occasion if I wanted to. I was able to find a job I could commuted to, and was able to start saving money again. Eventually I purchased a beautiful Yamaha scooter for only $600! Wow – lifestyle upgrade. Me on a scooter… I was having fun on a FULLY insured motor vehicle.
Scarcity told me I had to protect what little I had. Simplicity taught me to trust that what I have is enough-and that more will come.
In what small ways are you open-or willing become open-to abundance today?
Comments