Abundant Thinking

In the past, whenever I would drive anywhere I would park in the more out-lying rows from the entrance of the building, thinking that the closest rows were always full.  I told myself that there were never any spots available close by, so why waste my time driving up and down them and then end up on the more out-lying rows anyway?  So I skipped the driving up and down step and just parked farther away to begin with.  Then I got my current job (described in my last blog post) and now I spend tons of time driving in and out of parking lots and parking my car.  Because I currently get paid according to how fast I get in and out of stores, I am more motivated to park as close as possible.  One day I had a new thought: "Someone has to get those close-by parking spots.  Why not me?"  I decided to take a chance and drive down the row closest to the entrance.  To my surprise and delight I found a completely empty parking spot very close to the entrance.  This tiny success motivated me to try for the good parking spots again....and again.... and again.  As I drive in and out of parking lots all day long, I have discovered that more often than not I can find a close-by empty parking spot, or someone just pulling out of a prime spot at the very time I am driving toward them.  On rare wonderful occasions I have even gotten lucky enough to park right next to the handicapped stalls, closest to the door, something I formerly though completely impossible at all times.

The other day I realized that my thinking about parking spots has changed.  Someone has to get the close spots.  I have come to expect it to be me a great deal of the time.  Why not me?  It is abundance thinking.

I wondered what other areas of my life I need to upgrade my thinking in.

I am trying to get a specific nursing job right now.  There are no openings at the moment, but when one does come open, somebody has to get that spot.  Why not me?

What about this one--somebody has to win those drawings you frequently see people entering.  Why not me?

There are plenty of people who make good money, who are successful in their business ventures.  Why not me?

There are plenty of people whose efforts make the world a better place.  Why not me?  And why not you?

If I think I can never have a good parking spot and I don't even look, I for sure won't get one.
If I think I can never get the prime work position and I don't shoot for it, I for sure won't get it.
If I think I will never win a drawing so I don't enter, I for sure won't win.
If I think I will never have an abundance of money, I won't.
If I think I'm too little of a fish in the sea to make any difference at all, I for sure won't.

I have a young friend who swims competitively.  In a conversation recently she was talking about her regional swim meet, and how the top swimmers would get to go on to the state competition.  She told me she probably wouldn't make it to state.  (What?!)  I enthusiastically told her that if she didn't think she could make it to state, she for sure wouldn't!  I assured her that she needed to be able to see it and believe it in order to achieve it. Abundance thinking.

I have heard many successful people describe how they believed they could achieve what they wanted, how they imagined it over and over again and how it felt, before actually having the abundant success they were now enjoying.

I think there is a lesson for me and you here.  Abundant thinking seems to lead to abundance.  Who would have thought, lol!  I, for one, and ready to put this theory to the test.  Are you?