Which seeds are you watering?

...on abundance, fear, and the quiet power of focus

“Your life unfolds in proportion to your courage.”

— Daniele LaPorte

I’ve come to learn that abundance isn’t always a sudden windfall or an external event. Sometimes, it’s simply a shift in attention. A conscious decision to stop rehearsing disaster and start imagining possibility.

The truth is, many of us are unknowingly experts at feeding fear. We think we’re preparing ourselves — being realistic, being responsible — but what we’re actually doing is nurturing doubt like it’s a prized plant. We check on it daily. We water it with our worries. We talk about it with others. We call it “awareness” or “prudence,” but really, we’re just keeping it alive.

There’s a paradox here. We believe that by focusing on fear, we’ll somehow avoid the thing we’re afraid of. But that’s like driving a car while staring at all the roads you don’t want to go down. You become so fixated on what you’re trying to avoid that you completely miss the path you actually want to take.

And in doing so, you don’t just miss opportunities — you miss clarity, alignment, peace.

Let’s call it what it is: the seed we water is the one that grows.
Fear, scarcity, doubt—if they’re your focus, they will flourish. Not because they’re more real or more powerful, but because you’ve been tending to them.

This shows up everywhere:
In our relationship with money (“What if I can’t afford this?”),
In our approach to love (“What if I get hurt again?”),
In our careers (“What if I fail?”).

And so we spend energy trying to dodge these worst-case scenarios. But that’s not movement — it’s stagnation. It’s like trying to build a life while staring into your rearview mirror.

Yes, it’s useful to glance back.
Yes, it’s smart to be aware of risk.
But if your predominant focus is on what might go wrong, you can’t possibly steer your life in the direction of what could go right.

So here’s the invitation:
What would it look like to water a different seed?

To shift your focus—not with denial or toxic positivity—but with quiet faith?
To let your attention rest on what you do want to grow?

Trust.
Inspiration.
Love.
Inner knowing.
A belief that you don’t have to micromanage every possible disaster in order to live a good life.

This isn’t spiritual bypassing. It’s spiritual maturity.
It’s the understanding that where your energy goes, life begins to bloom.

So take a moment today and ask yourself:
Which seeds are you watering?

And what might happen if you started choosing differently?

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P.S.

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Thanks for reading. I’m so glad you’re here.

Love, Anna 💕