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Abundance Analogy: Cookies

Smurf

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Imagine these two scenarios:
Scenario 1

A man is at school/his place of work. He feels a nagging craving for some oreos. Unfortunately, there's no grocerie stores around to serve his need. He has a stroke of genius, and decides to hit up the vending machine down the hall. He sees others in line waiting to get a snack, and he sees that there is only one pack of oreos left. Nearly having a panic attack, he impatiently waits and sighs a sigh of relief and clings to his oreos with his life.

Scenario 2

A man feels a hankering, but knowing that the grocery store is right across the street, he meanders over to the store, and purchases a couple boxes of oreos. He eats a couple, then sets them off to the side in the back of his cabinet.

Scenario 1 is obviously a man with no abundance. He clings to his oreos and doesn't feel like he can get anymore. The second scenario shows a man with abundance. If this sort of thing ever happened to you, you'll notice, if you have enough of something, you get tired of it. This works for women, too. If you have enough women, you'll get tired of them eventually, and feel like you can have them whenever you want. I'm not trying to compare women to cookies. It was just a comparison that came to my head.

Remember, you always have that grocery store.
Jake.
 

dvjackson

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Moreover the second guy might decide not to get the oreos at all because he knows he doesn't actually need them and he gets enough satisfaction knowing that he could have them.

meanwhile the first guy doesn't need them either, but his powerlessness makes him feel like he does.

it's effectively the same result in both situations. both guys wanted oreos and didn't have them. the only difference is ultimately in their heads.
 
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