#abundance

#abundance

"Don't worry about squirreling money away for retirement in 10 or 20 years. It won't matter." Musk emphasizes that the future will be shaped by AI and robotics, leading to a world where traditional financial planning is obsolete.

As we settle into today's practice, take a moment to notice the breath moving effortlessly in and out. The breath is one of our greatest teachers of abundance - always arriving, always renewing, without us having to earn it or fight for it. Abundance isn't something we chase. It's something we uncover. It's already here, beneath the layers of tension, fear, scarcity, and overexerting. When we soften, we make space. When we make space, we receive.

Abundance has become a mantra of the digital age. With enough innovation, we're told, scarcity disappears. Information, opportunity, even intelligence itself, becomes plentiful, free, and available to all. It sounds like a path of optimism. Who wouldn't want a world of plenty? Of course, abundance in the physical world can be liberating with innovations such as renewable energy, clean water, and medical care. But there's more.

"Proper etiquette is essential in customer service, and retaining tips should be viewed with ethics and respect for paying consumers. The actions of service providers impact their reputation and future interactions with customers."

"We're leaving behind the old system of extraction - reliance on land, labor, and capital - and entering a new world powered by technologies that need no external input to continue growing."

The first book of economics I read was The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The point of this beautifully written, small book is that different concepts of economies exist.