is enough *actually* enough?
You know that phrase, enough is enough?
Deceptively simple, I think this phrase is worth teasing apart a bit.
Let’s look at the definition of “enough.”
(adjective): occurring in such quantity, quality, or scope as to fully meet demands, needs, or expectations
Ex: enough food for everyone
(adverb): in or to a degree or quantity that satisfies or that is sufficient or necessary for satisfaction. SUFFICIENTLY; fully, quite; in a tolerable degree.
(pronoun): a sufficient number, quantity, or amount
Ex: enough were present to constitute a quorum; to have enough of their foolishness
So to recap, “enough” is an expression of meeting our needs.
No more, no less.
What really explodes my brain is that somehow, we’ve arrived at a moment in time and space where having or being “enough” actually isn’t.
When did it become normal to feel that 'enough' is not actually sufficient?
We don’t just want enough food, or money, or love, or attention…
What we’ve actually been conditioned to want is excess.
How, and when have we received this conditioning? Is this healthy? And if not, how do we begin to unravel the subconscious belief that 'enough' is actually unacceptable?
More than ever before, we are constantly bombarded with media, magazines, commercials, online platforms and apps that lean hard on the narrative, “you aren’t enough, you need XYZ to help you become/have more, more, more.”
This is reflected not only in marketing for products and courses and experiences, but also in the form of comparing ourselves to others.
(I’m going to write another entire article on this, because whoa. Compare n’ despair is real.)
To sum up thus far…
Enough has actually become unsatisfying to our modern human sensibility.
We want more. Simply to have or be enough is unacceptable.Most of us don’t even believe we are enough, as defined by society’s unmeetable standards.
Let alone being above and beyond! See #1. Around and around we go.
This is a cruel, viscous cycle wheel.
I don’t know about you, my friend. But I want OFF this thing!
The cost of our not-enoughness mindset and lifestyle is toxic... for our self-worth, our relationships, our bank accounts, and our planet.
This game of lack hurts us, and we keep hurting ourselves with our preconceived failures, over and over again.
Not only is this a game-changing position in terms of rampant consumerism and degradation of the planet, but it shines a light on patterns of abuse with ourselves and others that keep an oppressive system of scarcity in place and thriving.
I am taking a stand as a pioneer of this transformational process in my own life, one step at a time.
The only thing you have to lose are the bars around the fear-based prison in your mind, keeping you convinced that you will never be or have enough.
Enough is enough. You are enough.
There’s nothing to do except relax into the remembrance of who you are.
I’m here, walking along beside you, and I'd love to hear about your current relationship with "enough."
To jumping off the hamster wheel,
