Would you describe your life as abundant? How about extravagant? Today, I've been thinking about those words, partly because of a book I'm reading called "The Artists Way", and partly because these words resonate with me.
It's easy to get caught up in wanting the things we don't have, whilst overlooking the things we do. I'm guilty...for sure I want a new floor of some sort in my front lounge, and I feel I won't rest until that's a done deal. I have a particular hatred for the shade of carpet that I have, but don't get me started.
Really though, that's a first world problem and the rest of my life I could consider full of abundance. Not just "I have enough" or "everything I need", but abundant....full. Overflowing even. I have in the past come from a mindset of lack- focussing on the things I don't have. But it occurs to me, once I think of my life as abundant, all of a sudden I have a surplus. Something to give away- something to share.
And when I think about sharing, I think about sharing extravagantly...out of abundance. I love the word "extravagant". It conjures up for me things that are valuable and beautiful. You can be extravagant with money, but can you be extravagant with sharing yourself and what you have to offer the world? Let it all go out there? Release yourself extravagantly and see what happens?
What would happen if we shared extravagantly our own, authentic selves?
You might think its risky...nothing of value comes without a price. But I wonder, if we could share our weird selves in an extravagant way, wouldn't we be better off? Wouldn't it be good to share ourselves in a valuable and beautiful way with people we know, as well as people we don't?
My challenge, as I think about those words, is to live authentically and to give extravagantly out of abundance...it may be that someone might have needed just that, in order to feel that they too, have something beautiful to offer.
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