Sufficiency resides inside of each of us, and we can call it forward. It is a consciousness, an attention, an intentional choosing of the way we think about our circumstances.

Once we define our world as deficient, the total of our life energy, everything we think, everything we say, and everything we do—particularly with money—becomes an expression of an effort to overcome this sense of lack and the fear of losing to others or being left out.

Sufficiency isn’t an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough.

We lit votive candles and began. We gathered pictures from all over the house, and, one by one, sat with the picture of a particular grandchild in front of her as she spoke about their special qualities and life journey. Her eyes would fill with tears as she looked at the photos of her grandchildren and talked about how much she loved each one, how

Money is like an iron ring we put through our nose. It is now leading us around wherever it wants. We just forgot that we are the ones who designed it. —MARK KINNEY

Accumulation in moderation—saving money—is part of a responsible approach to personal finances. But when “holdings” hold us back from using money in meaningful, life-affirming ways, then money becomes an end in itself and an obstacle to well-being.

you know the flow of money in your life? Are you mindful of how it comes to you? Are you consciously allocating where you want your money to go? When you can see the way money flows through your life, it gives you power to see where you are in your relationship with it and where you want to go with it.

Seeing my children as my “elders in universe time” was a surprising and inspiring thought.

In fact, in the Hollywood culture, it was business as usual. The question of irresponsible, demeaning, or degrading content and its effect in the world is simply not a topic for conversation in the movie business. Money so dominates the landscape there that it provides all the rationale anyone needs to do anything, even something that conflicts