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I saw a flower on the track and I stopped racing.

I didn’t give up on the race, but I failed to see the value in it. Suddenly, it hit me – that little flower – like a ton of bricks. The race was irrelevent. I realized that I didn’t want to reach the finish line and I was in no hurry to get to it. I was quite happy – happier – taking in the perfection of this tiny flower.

As I examined the delicacy of the flower, more started popping up everywhere. Right when I was ready to pick up the pace again, a flower would appear in my path.

Soon, my path was lined with petals and I followed it wherever it led me. As I strolled along, I realized that the flowers hadn’t suddenly appeared, but that I had been going too fast to appreciate them.

Since I stopped racing, I have been receiving a lot – of opportunities, love, time; I have been getting everything I want without looking for or pursuing anything. Everything has just been falling in my lap, and I’ve embraced it all.

It’s a different life – living reactively – it’s liberating and abundant. Sometimes, I sit back and marvel at what has been offered up to me just when I seem to want it. It’s remarkable, really. I am not doing anything to get it. I am not even seeking it; it is coming to me!

Whomever said that you can’t always get what you want was trying too hard. Sit back, relax, enjoy the flowers and the red lights, and what you want will come to you. You just need to be open to receiving it.

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Dear Q,

We live in a consumer-driven world that will tell you that you need to want whatever you don’t have – from cars, to razors, to body parts. This constant wanting prevents you from appreciating what you have and recognizing the abundance that surrounds you. We are conditioned to complain – about the weather, about the economy, about work, about school, about other people. In the summer, the weather is too hot. In the winter, it’s too cold. Resist.

Abundance is a matter of perception. Appreciate what you have. When it rains, lift your face to the sky and be grateful that you are not living in drought. Water is life and it is falling from the sky. For free! If you look at rain as an inconvenience, that is what it will become. Concentrate on what you have and more will come to you. Once you start to recognize the abundance around you, you will see just how much you have to be grateful for.

You are surrounded by abundance – of love, of nature, of laughter, of music, of art, of life… be grateful for it.

Love always,

Mom

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