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It’s an Abundant Universe
The computer doesn’t start fast enough. The red light doesn’t change fast enough. The waiter doesn’t bring the menu fast enough. The car in front of me isn’t going fast enough. And, so on…
Life just doesn’t just move fast enough. I’m not healing fast enough. I’m not changing fast enough. And, so on…
I could go on about the many frustrations that I encounter every single day. Every day is an opportunity for me to get angry, bewildered, and downright frustrated that life is not going fast enough.
What is this energy of impatience about? Is it that I’m not getting what I want when I want it? Or, is it something deeper?
For me, it seems to be about the fear that if things don’t move faster I am going to miss out on the things that other people seem to be able to take advantage of. It really is a fear of deprivation. It is the fear that other people now have access to something that I don’t, because I could not get there fast enough to get it.
This idea that others have access to something I don’t has deeper roots. It is the thought that only certain people have access to certain things, and that other people do not have access to them. Simply put, I don’t want to be in the group that missed out.
Do I believe that certain groups have access to things that other people don’t…
