Knowing Sustainability from Within

In high school I was taught that the definition of economics that I was taught in high school which was “economics is the allocation of scarce resources.” This was a definition that only gave way to a mentality of scarcity. Yet I inherently knew that there was indeed enough to go around. Then I discovered that economics really meant: “management of the home”.

If we can learn better how to manage our inner resources, we can better inhabit our inner home. We can embody a knowing of sustainability or a knowing of abundance that keeps us centered in our core. This is true stability.

To really know sustainability means not just “knowing” what it is in our mind, but to actually feel it and embody it in our hearts, bodies and souls. This requires trust. And we need to “touch” to trust.

So I will invite all of you to take one first step in “touching” sustainability and abundance by answering the following question and digging deep:

• What sustains you in life? Really….what gives you sustenance, what makes you feel most alive?

Write out a list of your answers, letting it be different from a list of what you are grateful for.

Don’t be afraid if you don’t quite know. That is a natural step in peeling back a layer. Staying in the unknown is a skill and it is sometimes better to just ask the question than to know the answer.

Trust that by opening a process of knowing yourself you open a door to knowing what sustains you in life. The more you embody this, the more abundance and sustainability will come from within. And that my friends, is a radical revolution!

Happy questioning! And please feel free to comment on this experience or email me at ehusserl@innereconomics.com. May your courage and questions inspire all of us!

Warmly,
Elizabeth