The Land of Milk & Honey

I think at some point everyone has dreamed of winning the lottery so they never have to worry about anything again, finding that lost treasure chest filled with pirate gold or living in the proverbial land of “milk and honey.” I often wondered if there was such a place.

During college after many transitions and changes in my personal and educational endeavors, I graduated in May of 1991 with a Bachelor’s of Science from Iowa State University. My degree was in Economics and I really don’t remember anything about it except for the magnificent principle of supply and demand. The law states the when supply is low, and the commodity is in need, demand goes up and you can charge a higher price. When more of that commodity is produced and the demand for it drops, the price can not sustain itself and subsequently drops. This process of balancing between supply and demand is like a rocking chair going forwards and backwards over and over.

The same principles can be found in our emotional states. Are you living in abundance and prosperity or scarcity and fear? I was in a coaching session one day and a client asked me, “How do you move out of fear and into a place of prosperity?” What popped out of my mouth was profound, “Gratitude takes away all fear.” It is similar to one of the concepts in Victor Frankl’s book, “Man’s Search for Meaning.” Being grateful for the experiences and live you have is a key to letting go of fear.

Fear is an emotional indicator that something is coming up in the future that you are not prepared for. As a consequence, a scarcity mentality kicks in where a person thinks about all they do not have instead of what they do have. Those thoughts are the opposite of Gratitude and abundance. Scarcity breeds fear of loss, fear of not enough, and does not promote sharing, giving, or compassion for others.

Most people today seem to be wrestling with life and their mindset because there is a huge supply of fear. After all, that is what sells newspapers, grips people into watching the news every night, and leads our thoughts to an overabundance of fear. We are forgetting to cultivate a garden of gratitude. When fear, lack and scarcity are in greater abundance than gratitude, at the end of the day the gratitude is gone and there is nothing left but fear and uncertainty. Faith and Hope for a brighter future die a terrible death.

However, the “Land of Milk & Honey” can and does exist today. A person needs to be strong and build their muscles of thankfulness, gratitude and sound decisions. Josh Groban said it wonderfully in one of his songs, “All you need to love is in front of your eyes.” Not, all you need to love you don’t have yet, used to have, or somebody else has and you don’t!!

When we have a supply of gratitude that exceeds the demands being placed on it by the impacts of society, our peers, and our own personal thoughts; then optimism about the future kicks in and things are pretty good. We may not have all that we desire in life, the problems and bills to pay are still there, but inside our head at the end of the day there is a positive supply of healthy grateful thoughts left over.

Even in our recession, we still are the greatest land of opportunity because we have free trade. You can go out and live your dream today, build your own business, go back to college for that extra educational experience, still have another child, go to grocery stores that are never out of food, and stand in a checkout line with 3 people in front of you instead of waiting for hours for a loaf of bread or bowl of rice.

The key to the pirate’s treasure chest is in your mind. If you have an abundance of gratitude and thankfulness for all that you do have today you can live a life free of fear, scarcity and lack. You can count the golden things you already have in life and remember you have already won the lottery. The “Land of Milk and Honey” does exist; it is in your MIND! Remember, gratitude takes away all fear! Today I am thankful for…

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