Imagine for a moment growing up knowing only love and abundance - an environment with no hate, fear, envy, mistrust, greed, competition, jealously or anger. You’ve never know anything other than support and love. Never knowing insecurity or abandonment, you are raised to believe all things are possible; you only need to imagine it and know whatever you want will come to you with patience and focus.

You’re given encouragement to explore your unlimited mind and the unlimitedness of your infinite potential – to expand your being and shine your light on everyone you encounter. Your successes are praised and if you fail, only encouragement is given. As you grow into your full awareness, you succeed time and time again as you come to expect, and accept, the abundance of the universe.

Imagine for a moment growing up in an environment of lack and limitation. We’re told the world is a terrible place full of anger, greed, suffering and fear. The television, our family, friends, and schools reinforce this negativity and we begin to lose sight of our own senses and feelings about things. We’re taught to ignore our intuition and to rely on the dogma of authority figures, be it science, religion, the medical field, etc. Our imaginations are ridiculed and stifled at an early age, and soon our beliefs are no longer ours and we stop thinking and become memorizers of societal programming. Our thoughts, dreams and wishes become things we desire only because someone told us ‘this’ is what we should want, and ‘that’ is what we must avoid.

Imagine for a moment if you never expected to fail, or get sick, or to experience rejection and struggle – never thought for a moment about violence, greed and limitation – never expected to be someone you’re not… what kind of reality would you create?

© 2009 Tom Murasso