When you don't have enough or you run out, you feel in your core that the leak has begun and there will be no end to the leakage. And this makes you feel like a chump. Whereas having some money gives you the conviction that you're not naked in the howling wind, even though you basically are, existentially. Anne Lamott
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When you don't have enough or you run out, you feel in your core that the leak has begun and there will be no end to the leakage. And this makes you feel like a chump. Whereas having some money gives you the conviction that you're not naked in the howling wind, even though you basically are, existentially. Or, when you run out of something, it's horrifying to be completely without it.

For example going without a cell phone while traveling. The idea of going without a cell phone during a time where technology is supposed to be ubiquitous is horrifying. When there isn't enough, living becomes more of a struggle and when there is more than enough, things get complicated.

Most of us have been through this experience at some point or another. We can find ourselves in a situation where we have more than enough yet we feel like we don't have enough.

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