An abundant life is a life that everyone has the capacity to live. Every person, regardless of disability, race, culture, affect, or geological location, is capable of living an abundant life. Simply put, the meaning of an abundant life is to truly love yourself. If a person can truly live these seven components, they truly love themselves and, as a result, live an abundant life. The seven essential components of an abundant life are: the ability to experience joy, the ability to be resilient, the ability to live abundantly. giving love to others, the ability to receive love from others, the ability to feel emotions, the possession of passion and an adequate amount of sleep. These seven components are essential to living an abundant life, but they do not work in isolation from each other. It is very important that the components work together. These items are shown in the attached image of the gears. At certain times in a person's life, one of the gears may stop turning for a period of time due to various circumstances, but as long as the other gears are turning, the whole system continues to function. A person who does not live an abundant life will have a gear system that does not move at all or moves very slowly. The Ability to Feel Joy The first essential element to living an abundant life is the ability to feel joy. Joy is an experience of well-being in a person's life. Joy is in some cases something a person has no control over their feelings, but in many cases it is an experience that reinforces positive behavior. Therefore, by experiencing joy, a person is more likely to do positive things for themselves and others. Joy is the basis of many positive aspects of life, as Abraham Hicks states: "If you want... middle of paper ......p://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013 / 02/13/8-effects-of-sleep-deprivation-on-your-health/RJ Dolan, Emotion, cognition and behavior, Science November 8, 2002: 298 (5596), 1191-1194 [DOI: 10.1126/science. .1076358]Resilience (nd). Retrieved April 30, 2014, from http://www.pbs.org/thisemotionallife/topic/resilience/what-resilience Robinson, K. and Aronica, L. (2009). The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. New York: Viking. Shastri, P. (2013). Resilience: Building Immunity in Psychiatry, 55(3), doi: 10.4103/0019-. 5545.117134Wells, M. and Vaughn, B.V. (2012). Bad sleep that challenges the health of a nation, 52(3), 233-249. Why passion is important (nd). , 2014, from http://karinasussanto.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/why-passion-is-important/