Watch Out for what your Abundance Pulls

It's nice to be and have a lot. But it does come with consequences. Beyond how much you had to work for it, how fortunate you got, or how blessed you were, there’s something else that comes into play: Those who want what you have.

You can be abundant in different aspects and departments. It isn’t solely about money, though money reigns and dominates to the point that it is the most we associate with the term wealth. However, anything that is of some value counts.

And where there’s value to be had, people can go from vaguely resentful to stopping at nothing until they have taken it all away from you. Needless to say, this is why we must have some degree of skepticism, as much as that can hinder our interactions with others, because not everyone is considerate or even respectful. Quite the contrary, boundless selfishness seems to be on the rise.

 

Depending on the type of wealth that you possess, a variety of people will be drawn to you. Essentially, though, just as opposites attract, it often is so that you can make up for their lack - or for the excessive greed that leads them to keep craving more and more, regardless, as if in lack.

Being a complement to another, sharing and exchanging with each other, and having a symbiotic relationship is fine. Being generous when you can afford to, whether or not you get anything in return, can also be fine. But letting yourself be used and taken advantage of, to your detriment, is not.

So, among all else, and besides pupils for tutoring, what is your abundance pulling?
- If you are rich; no surprise, people who want funding, tips, donations, loans (or “loans”), to be treated to expensive luxury…
- If you are popular; people who want status, inclusion, recognition, applause, followers, others wishing to be like them…
- If you are good-looking; people who want pleasure, attention, eye and arm candy, to indulge in a fantasy…
- If you are smart; people who want answers, solutions, shortcuts, their homework done for them…
- If you are funny; people who want relief, entertainment, not to have to take things so seriously…
- If you are kind; people who want comfort, patience, understanding, care, doing the minimum without being reprimanded…
Etc. Etc. Etc.

This should give you an idea of what else comes with the sort of abundance that you carry. Then it is a matter of figuring out if it is a fair or even desirable trade when somebody is there for it.