ON A SPIRITUAL PLANE , "HAVING " & " BEING "ARE SYNONYMOUS . THE GREATEST FORM OF ABUNDANCE IS TO REMEMBER WHO WE ARE : THAT WE ARE LITERALLY PART OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE UNIVERSE . USUALLY OUR EXPERIENCE OF MATERIAL LACK REFLECTS OUR FAILURE TO ALLOW OURSELVES THE HUGHNESS OF THAT REALIZATION . OUR GREATEST NEED IS FOR THE HAND OF GOD TO BUILD A BRIDGE OVER WHICH WE CAN CROSS FROM MORTAL PERCEPTION TO DIVINE UNDERSTANDING . OUR PRAYER IS NOT SIMPLLY " DEAR GOD, GET ME OUT OF HERE " BUT " DEAR GOD , ENABLE ME TO SEE THIS ISTUATION DIFFERENTLY , THAT THIS AREA OF MY LIFE BE HEALED INSIDE MY MIND ? THERE IS ONLY EVER ONE PROBLEM AND THAT IS WE ARE SEPERATED SOME HOW FROM THE THINKING OF GOD . ( OTHER AUTHORS HAVE ALSO WRITTEN AND STRESSED THIS .." THERE IS NO SEPERATIONION FROM GOD / SOURCE / HIGHER POWER WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO CALL IT ) HE'S NOT OVER THERE SOMEWHERE HE'S WITHIN )..... FROM THE BOOK " EVERYDAY GRACE --- BY MARIANNE WILLIAMSON