How and What to Choose from Abundance

2026 is the year of the Yang Fire Horse - a potent combination of movement, passion, and acceleration. Astrologically, it supports breakthroughs, leadership, and bold initiatives, while simultaneously warning of overload, burnout, and energetic imbalance if momentum goes unmanaged.

In a year like this, abundance expands quickly. Multiple opportunities, stimuli increase, and choices demand clarity. The real work, then, is not chasing what is possible but learning how to choose wisely within abundance.

Abundance is no longer a new idea.

We are a few generations into a world structured around constant availability, endless options, and immediate access. Abundance becomes the default cultural setting.

And yet, abundance itself is not the problem.

Abundance does not have to confuse, distract, or blind us.

It is certainly not a dirty word.

But it pulls the attention, and behavioral disorders are no longer marginal phenomena. Superficiality, quick achievements, lack of concentration, loss of interest, or cynical exploitation of public trust become part of the collective experience.

To live with a sense of abundance can be a blessing - even an aspiration.

What truly matters is our ability to choose wisely within it.

The Skill of Reduction.

The real challenge today is not access, but discernment.

Wisdom in an age of abundance lies in the capacity to practice reduction, 

to separate, distill, and refine. This is an alchemical skill.

Choosing well is less about accumulation and more about subtraction - less about “what’s available” and more about what is essential, represents quality, and truly serves.

The primary path toward conscious choice begins with asking better questions.

This path resembles a cultural detox - or a modern form of Vipassana. Choosing to reduce background noises and non-nutritious abundance.

To walk it, one must pack:

• High motivation

• Readiness

• Commitment to process

• The courage to release FOMO

• Understanding that the path itself is the destination

We may know where we begin, but not necessarily where we will arrive or when we will feel complete.

Presence vs. Immediacy.

The secret of life does not lie in accessibility and fast achievement.

It lies in process and effort. Even when everything is within reach, the heart and psyche still ask to dismantle, digest, and create meaning. There is a profound difference between:

• The language of immediacy, the level of performance, and outcomes

• The language of presence, depth, and the here-and-now

Choosing in abundance today requires a new form of mindfulness.

An overload of information, imagery, stimulation, and background noise demands that we learn:

• How to filter

• How to deepen

Choosing Therapy, Teachers, and Paths of Growth.

This becomes especially relevant when choosing:

• A therapist

• A workshop or retreat

• A training program

• A mentor or teacher

  
  

In those, choice is not a transaction of ״supply and demand״.

It is a long-term investment - one that should be capable of growing with us over time.

Aligned with values of genuine authenticity, proof of skill, and high standards.

Nuance matters. Focus matters. Depth matters.

The same principle applies within therapy itself.

Even therapists with extensive experience and rich toolboxes cannot - and should not - use everything they know in one go. Wisdom lies in restraint.

In asking real-time questions.

In resisting automatic or impulsive ego reflexes.

In offering only what is truly needed.

The Risk of Deceptive Abundance.

In a therapeutic context, abundance can miss the mark. It can confuse and become deceptive for the caregiver, and create overload on the receiver.

When everything is offered, nothing is truly met.

True abundance is not about more.

It is about the right choice, at the right moment, for the right reason.

Remember - the ability to choose is a privilege.