The Universe Doesn’t Deliver in Cardboard Boxes
There is an endless stream of products coming at us through social media. And the funny thing is, the moment you pause to read about one, you suddenly start seeing even more of that same type of product. Before long, your feed is filled with solutions to a problem you didn’t even know you had.
Our minds are wired to look for problems to solve. So the more we see something, the more important it begins to feel. We start thinking, Maybe I do need that.
So we click “Order.”
Then the package arrives.
Sometimes it gets set on a shelf, never to be used. Sometimes it doesn’t work as advertised. And my personal favorite—it looks nothing like the description or photos, leaving us feeling a little foolish and more than a little taken advantage of.
After falling into that trap enough times, I created a simple rule for myself: I cannot order anything without thinking about it for at least 48 hours.
What I’ve discovered is that when I give myself time to step away from the marketing and drop back into the energetic being that I truly am, something shifts.
I don’t feel a lack for anything.
I remember that my soulful self doesn’t even have pockets or shelves to house these items.
More importantly, I feel content—just as I am.
Perhaps that’s the place we need to cultivate more often and invite into our decision-making.
What if we began by feeling whole?
What if we started from a place of abundance instead of scarcity?
Then, from that grounded place, we could ask ourselves: Will acquiring this truly bring me joy? Will it genuinely solve a problem or improve my life? Will it support the person I am becoming, or am I simply trying to fill a feeling that can never be filled by another purchase?
If the answer is yes, wonderful. Buy it and enjoy it.
But if the answer is no, we’ve just saved ourselves money, clutter, and the quiet disappointment of discovering that what we were really looking for was never something we could order.
The universe has been trying to deliver us a feeling of abundance all along.
Social media just keeps trying to ship it in a cardboard box.
With love and resonance,
