The Power of “Enough” (Or The Day My Fridge Taught Me About Abundance)

There’s a funny scene on the Netflix show Never Have I Ever, where Davi stands in front of her refrigerator and yells, “Mom, I’m hungry! There’s no food in here except for popcorn, chips, hummus, and leftovers and stuff!”

I know that feeling and you probably do too.

There’s food available—technically. But nothing you actually want to eat. No magical ingredients. Just random, uninspiring options staring back at you like, “Good luck with that.”

That’s when it’s easy to fall into the mindset of: There’s not enough.

Not enough good food. Not enough money to shop the way I want. Not enough time to relax, or to cook a delicious meal. Not enough… something.

It can escalate quickly. And often it does.

The “Not Enough” Spiral Is Real—and Weirdly Creative

What’s fascinating about a scarcity mindset is how creative the mind gets once it locks onto “not enough.”

It doesn’t stop at the fridge.

It goes full dramatic storyteller: This is why things feel hard lately. This is why I’m behind. This is why nothing is working the way I want.

All from a slightly disappointing hummus situation.

I wish I could say I always catch it immediately. But no—sometimes I let it run for a bit like a toddler with a felt marker heading for a blank wall.

One Small Interruption Can Change Everything

At some point, I stop and try something else. Not a big mindset overhaul. Just a small interruption.

I might ask: Is it actually true that there’s not enough right now?

Surprisingly, the answer is always no.

There is food—simple food, but still food. There is time to make something, even if it’s just apple slices with peanut butter. There is a perfectly functioning kitchen… or close enough. There is a body that is not, in fact, starving.

In other words: there is enough. If there wasn’t, we wouldn’t even be alive!

The Least Dramatic Abundance Shift Ever (But It Works)

Nothing magical happened in that moment… or did it? No angels sang. There wasn’t a sudden download of abundance codes.

But my perception shifted, and that is actually the essence of magic.

I just put together something simple to eat, sat down, and felt normal again (or as close as I ever get to normal)..

But here’s the interesting part. That small shift—from not enough to enough—completely changed the direction of my day. Because I wasn’t starting from lack anymore. I wasn’t trying to fill all my needs before breakfast.

When your nervous system is focused on lack, everything feels urgent. You’re trying to solve money, work, purpose, and the state of the world—all while figuring out what to eat.

But when you land in I have enough for right now, something settles. You don’t need to have everything figured out. You just need enough for the next step. And every time, you already have it… because the next step is simply the small thing that feels most uplifting, fun, or inspiring right now.

This is how the Law of Attraction actually operates in real life. Not through big epiphanies or winning the lottery, but through tiny pivots in perception that redirect your energy before it gathers momentum in the wrong direction.

The 30-Second Abundance Reset

This is what I’ve been playing with lately, and it’s surprisingly effective.

Pause. Look around. Say: Right now, in this moment I have enough.

Then get specific. Enough food for today. Enough energy for the next task. Enough time to do one small thing.

Not your whole life. Just today.

Then add: I have enough for what’s next.

That’s where things start to open up.

The Unexpected Side Effect

When I started doing this, I didn’t suddenly become wildly prosperous overnight. But I did stop feeling like I was constantly missing something—and that changed everything.

I made clearer decisions. I stopped overcomplicating things. I noticed opportunities I probably would have missed before. Life started feeling friendlier. Less like something I had to wrestle into submission.

This isn’t about pretending you don’t want more. You can still want more income, more ease, more beauty, more magic. But it comes from a different place—not I need this or something is wrong, but: This would be fun. Let’s see what happens.

That energy is a lot easier to work with, and a lot more magnetic.

A Small Experiment

Next time you catch yourself thinking there’s not enough, try interrupting it. Look around and ask: What is enough right now? Keep it simple. Keep it real.

According to Bashar, we only really need these seven things, in order of importance: air, water, sleep, food, shelter (protection from the elements), connection/relationship (even with a pet or a tree), and self-expression.

Everything else is just frosting on the cake. Notice all the good things you have that you don’t really need and you will begin to feel wealthy in ways you never did before.

And sometimes, that’s all it takes to get back into the flow.

Speaking of Flow…

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