Tis the season for giving and receiving. I find it strange that we need a special season to remind us to do what we are created to do. I, however, am realizing that as I age I am more and more amazed at what we feel is important in life.
We, in our culture, are not well versed in receiving. Most of the emphasis is on the importance of giving. Eventually we must realize that until we have learned to receive there is no true giving.
How often we refuse a gift because we feel unworthy; we feel we must earn every thing that comes to us.
To “become again as a little child,”means a willingness to be open and eager to receive. A willingness to ask for what we want and know that we can have it.
One Christmas season a client told me she would really like her husband to buy her something personal for Christmas. “He always buys me really nice things like a washer and dryer, or great appliance.” My question was “And how do you react to these gifts?” “Oh” she said “I always respond with excitement and pleasure.” My question, “Have you told him what you want?”. Her answer, “OH NO, we’ve been together for years; he should know!” My question, “How could he possibly know if you have never told him?”
This story is so typical of the way we go through life not asking for what we want and being disappointed when we don’t get it! This my friends is a definition of insanity! This is not the way we respond as children. We come forth to this planet letting people know what we want when we want it and raising hell until we get it!!
Does this mean we should go thru life raising hell to get what we want? NO. What it does mean is that we each must find a way to get in touch with our self, find out what is really important to us, set our intention to follow our own path and bless others to follow their path.
I believe that giving and receiving are one and the same, for it is in the giving of our self, our love, our desire to share, that we receive our greatest joy.
This season and forever give yourself the greatest gift. Begin by believing in you, knowing that you are a unique and wondrous creation. Then remember that you came here to planet earth to be a light for others to find their way. Loving you is the best gift ever.
Margaret Stortz, a Science of Mind minister, struck a chord in my heart when she said, “Perhaps the greatest of love’s gifts is the constant invitation to recognize it within ourselves and in one another. Love is not shy. Love is not obscure. It tumbles out during our conversations, trumpets itself through our delights and quietly stands with us through our sorrows. Love never leaves. Love cannot. Love is. “
Yoga Yaya is loving you whoever you are where ever you are – our path is blessed!
