Affirmation for abundance

A blog friend, recently posted about how not to manifest abundance. As is so typical with Ronni’s posts it made me laugh, but only because I knew exactly what she was talking about and do the same things myself. One of the main points of her humorous nine-point list is about obsession. When we obsess about what we don’t have we focus all our energy on not-havingness, which leaves little to no energy for creative manifestation.

In my own experience I’ve learned that a lot of my obsession comes from a need to control, which of course comes from fear. I get caught up in trying to pin down how the universe is going to deliver abundance, when its going to come, in what form its going to come. But the more I try to pin it down the fewer options the universe has. I have to keep all options open in order to receive the most creative and joyful solutions. This is often easier for me to say than to do, so I wrote the following affirmation:

“I fully and completely release my need for control and open myself to the full measure of possibility and variety in the universe.”

When I say this I find that the part about releasing holds some anxiety for me.  But then I move into the energy of the possibility and variety and it makes me so excited and so hopeful that I’m able to let go. Of course along with the words of the affirmation is also the implicit statement of faith. If I didn’t ultimately have faith in the universe, in my Guides and Teachers, and in my higher self the affirmation would be useless. But I do have faith and I do believe in the infinite possibility and variety of the universe. With those two strengths I know I can ultimately rid myself of the fears that fuel control and allow the abundance of All That Is to flow into my life.