Scripture 6: I Stopped Believing in Shortages When I Noticed Everyone Was Lying

There are two types of people in this world: those who believe there’s enough to go around, and those who think you have to fight for every crumb like it’s the last seat on a Ryanair flight.

I’ve never understood the latter.

Because really... when did we decide that desperation was noble? That anxiety made us hard-working? Somewhere along the line, modern society sold us the myth that stress equals effort, and struggle equals virtue. And people bought it in bulk. They walk around exhausted, not from chasing meaning, but from chasing ghosts whilst fearing that someone else’s success takes something away from them. That’s not reality. That’s a glitch in the code.

From a young age, I instinctively operated on what I later discovered had a name: the abundance mindset. I didn’t read it in a self-help book. I lived it. Especially with money. I just knew it was out there... circulating, moving, waiting to be picked up. And I never felt anxiety about getting my share. Not because I was delusional. But because I wasn’t conditioned to fear it. I wasn’t addicted to lack.

It wasn’t bravado, it was clarity. A quiet understanding that life is not a finite pie. The wealth others build doesn’t reduce my potential. If anything, it reminds me what’s possible. When people asked why I wasn’t stressed about finances, I never had a neat answer. I just always felt like “the money’s out there” .... maybe not floating down from the sky, but tied to action, timing, ideas, and motion. This didn’t mean I was careless. It meant I wasn’t ruled by the fear of absence.

Meanwhile, I’ve watched others, many close to me, grip onto scarcity like a comfort blanket. Always assuming there’s not enough. Not enough money, time, love, attention, opportunity. Always sprinting on the rat wheel like they’re about to miss the last train to success. Ironically, it’s that mindset that leaves them empty-handed. When you believe life is a zero-sum game, you start hoarding crumbs instead of baking bread.

Scarcity isn’t just a mindset. It’s an operating system. It rewires your brain to obsess over what’s missing rather than what’s possible. It turns people into gatekeepers, into competitors, into cynics. And worst of all, it keeps them small. I’ve seen people sabotage relationships, careers, even their health, because their fear of loss was louder than their belief in abundance. And then they wonder why nothing grows. You can’t plant anything if you’re constantly clutching the soil.

But here's the thing: the world doesn’t run out. It recycles. It moves in waves. And if you learn to surf rather than scramble, you'll realise most of your fears were made up by people too anxious to try.

This is why abundance isn’t just about belief, it’s about rhythm. It’s about knowing that what’s meant for you doesn’t need to be pried from someone else’s hands. It’s about showing up with openness instead of obsession. Because when you move with that energy, the right things tend to move toward you. Not magically, but magnetically.

I’ve applied this abundance mindset to everything.
Time? There’s always more of it when you stop wasting it on things that don’t matter.
Dating? There are billions of people on this planet. You’re not “out of options.” You’re just orbiting the wrong circles.
Money? It’s a current. It flows. It’s not sacred. It’s not your identity. It’s just a tool.

When you treat time as abundant, you stop giving it away to things that deplete you. You start noticing how much is actually yours to reclaim. When you treat love as abundant, you stop begging for it. You stop performing for scraps. You realise it’s not rare, it’s just often misplaced. And when you treat money as something renewable, you stop panicking and start building.

And oddly enough, this belief, that the world is overflowing, has been one of my quiet advantages. It’s why I don’t panic. Why I don’t beg. Why I don’t operate from fear. Somehow, things just... work out. Not because I sit still, but because I don’t cling. I don’t crush things with expectation.

There’s power in non-attachment. There’s freedom in trusting that what’s meant for you doesn’t have to be squeezed or manipulated into staying. And there’s a strange kind of momentum that builds when you stop grasping so tightly.

Scarcity is a prison. Abundance is a posture. And reality tends to reflect what you expect from it.

If you believe you’re always running out, you will be. If you act like there’s more on the way, you’ll make room for it. And if you stop measuring yourself by someone else’s scarcity, you’ll finally understand how free this whole game can feel. You don’t need to believe in magic. Just momentum.

They pray to a god of limits; I built an altar where nothing runs out.