Initially, you may feel tender and vulnerable as you open up to graceful receiving. I invite you to actively engage in receiving by taking baby steps. Once you understand the principle of cause and effect, you see how being receptive is part of the magic for the giver. Be willing to receive (without feeling you have to give back). Embrace it. You get to modulate and mold your experience of receiving. Know you are worthy and deserve to receive. Resistance or reluctance keeps you from receiving fully. Receiving is not passive. It is a conscious, active, dynamic choice. Many people have past conditioning that gifts have to be “earned.” There are some things that can’t be earned in life and receiving is one of them. Practice the art of letting it in. It is an art form you can play with to feel the movement energetically. Some people see gratitude as a weakness. Or, perhaps you feel someone is doing something better, nicer or spent too much money on a present or you have difficulty receiving praise. That comes from “old tapes” or beliefs of not being good enough, which results in receiving issues. As Dr. Phil says, “How’s that working for you?” As a deliberate creator, you mold and shape your life energy.
“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” — Jacques Maritain
When receiving begins to feel familiar, I invite you to allow it to flow more rambunctiously! Let receiving be alive and vibrant! Make bold requests that will anchor it, rituals that feel really good! An example might be … looking in the mirror and exclaiming out loud, “Today I openly received!”
Play with receiving in ways that are memorable – that might include big, loud “yeehaws!” or doing cartwheels. Have fun with it! Value it! Treasure it! Welcome it! Say Yes! Know that the art and joy, of your receiving, matters to the giver! Be dazzled by your newfound ability to receive! Look for new opportunities and open the floodgates to receive! Create sacred space for receiving easily and naturally! Give the gift of receiving to yourself! Nurture it! Appreciate it! Accept it now! Feel the sweetness of it! Amplify it! Magnify it! Absorb it! Expand it! Celebrate it! Let it be contagious! Become exuberant in your receiving! It strengthens the heartfelt bonds for both the giver and receiver!”