“What does it mean to be a people of ABUNDANCE?”
Here’s another option that some of the Soul Matters group members chose to reflect on this month of Thanksgiving. Try it out:
Abundance On a Scale of 1-10
This exercise invites us not only to recognize the abundance in our lives, but also recalibrate it. Sometimes abundance is a blessing; other times, too much of it is suffocating. Same with scarcity. Much of the time, scarcity feels like a desert, but other times it is the key to freedom. With this in mind, look over the below list and rate how abundant or scarce each is in your life, on a scale of 1 (scarce) to 10 (abundant). Then make time to reflect on the results. What surprised you? What insight came from placing all the rankings side by side?
What clearly needs recalibration?
- Access to food
- Freedom to make decisions about what you wear
- Friends
- Moments of beauty
- Moments of micro-aggression
- Freedom to make decisions about how you use your time
- Exercise
- Financial independence
- Regret
- A sense of purpose
- Access to health care
- Time to volunteer
- Access to reliable shelter
- Worry
- Entertainment devices and activities
- Novels read
- Dinners where your loved ones sit and talk
- Play
- Passion
- Respect of your peers
- Envy
- People to talk to when tough times come
- Fond memories
- Family obligations
- Work/professional obligations
- Time for meditation/prayer
- Self care
- Self love
(note: this exercise is an adaptation of the UUA’s Tapestry of Faith )