I Can Have More Without Hating What I Have

 

I’ve been thinking about the strange guilt that sometimes comes with wanting more.

More money.

More space.

More success.

More beautiful things.

More ease.

We’re often told to be grateful for what we have, and I believe in gratitude deeply.

But somewhere along the way, gratitude can become confused with staying exactly where we are.

As though wanting more means what I already have isn’t good enough.

I don’t think those things have to contradict each other.

I can love my life and still want to expand it.

I can appreciate what my business earns today and still want it to earn more.

I can be thankful for my home and still dream about having more space.

I can be perfectly content with my art supplies and then see a new watercolor set and want that, too. 

I can enjoy what I own and still put something beautiful in my shopping basket.

Wanting more doesn’t require contempt for what came before it.

In fact, I think there’s something lovely about building from gratitude rather than dissatisfaction.

I don’t have to look around my life and find something wrong before I’m allowed to want something else.

I can say:

This is good.

And then:

I’d like more.

Both can be true.

Maybe abundance isn’t about endlessly reaching because nothing is enough.

Maybe sometimes it’s simply allowing ourselves to grow without insulting the life that carried us here.

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With elegance and quiet fire,

Lady E
Founder, Glow by Lady E
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