Enough?

So I was in line in a local grocery store and I overheard (no I was not snooping) a conversation in front of me. Two gentleman were talking about Tom Brady (yes the quarterback, yes I do watch football… don’t judge me). I’ve noticed a lot of people really can’t stand this particular quarterback (the two men in front of me included). And they were talking about the fact that he REALLY desires to win a fourth championship. The words spoken were something along the lines of he’s won three championships already, wakes up next to a super model and is totally rich. Then the guy goes on to say, “Hasn’t God blessed you enough?”

Ok I’m really skipping past the religious connotations of people not being able to receive things unless they receive/earn some sort of blessing by way of performing specific acts or rituals (really that’s not what my blog is about). But I was more focused on the fact that this person in front of me was of the belief that at some point in life, you should stop wanting more. My question is, WHY?!

To me this is a stark example of why most people can’t get more, or most, or even any of what they feel they want. The thing that stands out to me is that this person appears to be operating from a perception of lack. If Tom Brady has too much then he is taking away from some other “more deserving” person. Now true, only one person can win a championship at a time, but there is one every year, so it’s not like it’s never going to come around again. His wife isn’t the only super model in the world and money is abundant if you allow it into your life. How then, if Tom Brady gets another championship is anyone being slighted? And why is his desire for wanting more a bad or wrong thing? He is following the desire within, obviously this is the case or he wouldn’t be as passionate about it.

Here’s something to consider. If we could stop telling people like Tom Brady what they do and don’t deserve maybe we could focus most of our attention on manifesting the things WE want for OURSELVES. People see a sports figure and all of the money he/she has but they don’t know the time, thought and energy that person or those people have put into being successful. Paying attention to how much we don’t feel someone else deserves something is operating from a point of lack. We feel if they take all of whatever it is, then there won’t be enough for us. It’s not even about them not deserving what they have, but us (because of prior teachings) believing that to want more and so much is wrong and or gluttonous. We feel guilty about wanting more and thus project those negative thoughts onto others, insisting that they shouldn’t have or want more either.

When the fact of the matter is, wanting more is why we came to be in the first place. Our inner being wanted to expand more and thus came into these physical bodies to enjoy the process of creation in the physical world. If that is not the case then why do we feel so enlightened when we allow ourselves to relax and enjoy life? That is our inner being saying, “Yes! Wonderful, enjoy life and all it brings.” The good feeling sure as hell doesn’t mean, no please stop enjoying life you shouldn’t want more! So maybe the next time we see someone like Tom Brady and start to feel negativity about all that someone like him has earned, by being in alignment with it, perhaps we should examine why. What are we holding ourselves back from, that we truly desire that is causing us to feel envious of someone who didn’t hold back and went for it all. We ALL may be surprised at what we find.