Abundance in life

Abundance


Couple years ago, I was flying over the grasslands of Africa and I observed vast spaces of grasslands, open and unoccupied. There were animals grazing around and there was no sign of people. What a contrast to where I live – Mumbai. In Mumbai city, there is never a time of the day or night, when you can feel lonely. It was at that moment I felt that actually there is an abundance of resources in the world; it’s just that either we don’t see it or experience it or maybe, we chose to ignore the same because of our basic instinct to “possess”.

Every continent has a variety of natural resources that are meant to be shared and enjoyed. However, through the passage of time, man has divided the earth into various continents, countries, cities, and so on. The desire to conquer and possess goes back in time and continues to play a significant role even today.

Just like the building blocks of Lego, where each block has a different colour, shape and size, yet they occupy a unique place when making a structure, human beings are born with unique skills. Although we may be born in different countries, religions and with different attributes, we need each other for our day to day life.

There is an abundance of money, food, shelter, clothing, natural resources, if only we were prepared to share rather than possess disproportionately. I was reading the story of a man who was driving past the streets of Mumbai and at a traffic signal, as is commonly witnessed, he saw a young child begging and standing without much clothing or a home. He drove past with a melancholic feeling, asking God, why did you not give her food? The answer that came back to him was – I made you to take care of that!

How many of us live with that spirit. We spend our day worrying about trivial issues like career progression, social approval, etc. In the midst of all these worries, we overlook the abundance of love in our life. We all look for happiness and actually, we are the happiest when we “share”. You could share anything that you believe you have in abundance – money, time, food, clothing, shelter or love.