Not what we have but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.
~Epicurus
Abundance doesn’t arrive with arms full. It arrives with open hands. Most of us spend years gathering titles, relationships, identities, and expectations, believing that more will make us whole. Yet the universe has its own mathematics. Sometimes the greatest expansion begins with subtraction.
There comes a moment in everyone’s lives when something you’ve been holding on to no longer feels the same. A belief, a relationship, perhaps a dream you were certain would never leave you. At first, you adjust, telling yourself it’s a phase, yet eventually the truth becomes impossible to ignore. What once gave you joyful expanse now confines you.
This is the moment of reorientation: a quiet invitation to redefine what abundance truly means.
Since we live in a culture obsessed with accumulation, more stuff is more proof of our worthiness; redefining abundance may feel like going against the current. If we are no longer striving for more, how do we measure our lives?
I’ve come to understand that “increase” doesn’t always mean “expansion”; it often limits our freedoms.
At the peak of my casting career, I realized that the more successful I became, the less space I had. My time was full but not expansive. I didn’t want my life to revolve around work.
Success for me was freedom.
Yet this freedom came with its own questions. Was I the most successful Casting Director I could have been? Perhaps not by industry standards. But by my own definition, I reclaimed my time and earned more efficiently. Rather than accumulation, I had spiritual plenitude. This was my first real lesson in abundance through release.
Personal freedom is the ability to make choices about how to live, what you believe, and where you go, without external control. Spiritual freedom is the release from internal constraints: fear, attachment, or ego. Both forms require letting go
This process involves releasing ties that no longer support our growth. It took me a long time to understand that simplicity applies to every facet of life.
Letting go isn’t always about parting with something negative. It often means freeing ourselves from something familiar that has completed its purpose. It marks the end of a phase, a self that has outgrown its role. While we cling to the past, to reimagined futures, this attachment can hinder our progress.
Bloosing is the result of release. I have bid farewell to cherished individuals, abandoned plans I once held dear, and shed identities that once defined me. Not out of lack of care, but because I evolved. Growth demands room for new ideas and experiences. Sometimes life forces our hand. Loss doesn’t mean being lost; it signals a shift, an opportunity to redefine our path.
We often confuse hoarding with abundance. Genuine abundance is found in clarity, peace, and alignment, not in possessions or attachments. We are taught that abundance comes from accumulation, yet it often emerges from the spaciousness created by release. By letting go of the old, we make room for what is waiting.
Although letting go can be unsettling, it brings a profound sense of freedom. What blessings might come your way if you muster the courage to release? What beauty lies beyond the threshold of your fears? Are you prepared for greatness? May you trust the space you create and allow it to reveal to you your new becoming. It is in this space that abundance begins.
When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
~ Lao Tzu
