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Abundance and what it means to you, how do you think of abundance in your life?

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Contents

Vol. 1 Number 5

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Abundance, what it means to you.

February 19, 2026

Janet Wood ©

Abundance, what it means to you.

There are many types of abundance

People have all kinds of different ideas of what it is,

but the most common theme is how much money you have.

I have another story from back in the 80’s one of my clients just got an inheritance from someone in her family, and was speaking about it with me and said to me she had no idea what to do with it, I did not ask her how much it was, she proceeded to tell me it was in the 6 figures range, that could be anywhere from100,000 to 999,999 range. She then proceeded to say that it is more than I would ever see in my life, and that kind of abundance is rare for people to have at her age, she was around 25-28 years old. Sitting across from me asking me if I knew what abundance feels like, I knew she was ego tripping, since I had two children and was living in a small bungalow in a small town. I politely smiled and I said how do you frame abundance in your life. She went on to say that to her it’s a brand-new big house, a bran- new top of the line car. Being able to eat out at fancy restaurants, expensive clothing from the best places, lots of high-quality shoes, lots of wealthy people as friends, able to go anywhere at the drop of a hat with out warning.

She continued to say that is her idea of what abundance is to her, then looking at me she said I know you will never know what abundance is, because of where you live and how you live. How did I live, well I lived with my handicap parents looking after them, we purchased a house together, in a nice location by water, I made my kids clothing, and all their food as a baby and toddler, most Xmas presents were homemade. She extrapolated from those examples that in my life I would never know what abundance is. I looked at her and agreed totally with her. I replied yes you are correct. Having a effective pause, I continued, you are right I will never know that type of abundance in my life, I however have 5 different kinds of abundance in my life. She looked at me quizzically, like she was thinking what? What does she mean. I went on to say these are my 5 areas of abundance I have in my life that also comes with gratitude as well. Gratitude for what? I was thinking for what? You really have no idea. So, I went on the explain my areas of abundance that is coupled with gratitude.

My first area of Abundance is Health, my health (so I can look after everyone else)

My second area of Abundance is my Children’s health,

My third area of Abundance is my Income to be able to get what we need (pay for everything)

My fourth area of abundance is Food on the table (healthy food)

My fifth area if Abundance is a roof over our heads, (a beautiful custom-built home)

She was completely taken off guard with my answer, she had no idea that my life was so, rich in Abundance, she sat there for a few minutes, then she said, wow I never thought of it like that before.

I explained that my areas of abundance were not about STUFF or Material possessions

My areas of Abundance were about my health, my kid’s health and my parents as well, and my income to be able to get what I need for my kids etc. and about food and a home to live in. with Gratitude unending. She remained seated across from me for quite a while, she said she was thinking about the differences of our thoughts of Abundance, I replied do not worry about it, each of us have different ideas and see things differently.

My question to those of you that read this, how do you see abundance in your life?

Something to contemplate on, how does your thoughts on Abundance affect your life?

Janet Wood ©