Receiving
“Give, give of your money, give of your time. Give and you will be rewarded” they say but it is unnecessary to work on this because you do give. You have been a very giving person your whole life. You give to many people who have less than you and even to those who have more than you. You give advice. You give prayers and tears and food and clothes. You give and that’s not the problem.
The problem is that you suck at receiving. You are terrible at it. You can’t even take a compliment without diminishing it with your response. You say you want more so that you can give more but what about you?
They say if you take you are selfish. If you want for yourself you are self centered. If you put yourself first you are narcissistic and ego driven. Bullhockey!
If you are a parent and you sacrifice everything and I mean everything for your children what is the message you give them? “I am not worth it and other people are. When you grow up remember to sacrifice everything because you won’t be worth it either.”
If you are in a relationship and you give, give, give, give, give without receiving what happens? You become bitter and depressed and the other person gets your permission to be selfish and take, take, take.
If you are at work and you give endlessly without compensation what happens? You are expected to give more and more until you finally burn out and are easily replaced.
The time has come for you to practice receiving with open arms. The time has come for you to say “Thank you!” and then shut up when someone compliments you. The time has come for you to tell your children “Excuse me but I need to do something for me”. The time has come to get a new job because since you have been giving 150% every day if you scale back to 100% it’s going to seem like you are goofing off. Get a new job and give in relationship to your compensation.
If you wake up and find that you have been giving in your relationship a whole lot more than you have been getting it’s time to say “Hasta La Vista, Baby” because that person didn’t care enough to know that you had been giving so much and getting back so little and they were selfishly okay with that.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life may be a trite saying but it is also irrefutably true. You are not wrong for wanting more but you are wrong for accepting less. Open your heart, your mind and your soul to accepting all that life is trying to give you. Today is the day that you start unabashedly receiving all the blessings, grace and love you deserve. You can only give what you have and starting today it’s time for you to have more. Open and stay open.
Remember, you are a very, very good person who is amazing and wonderful and truly deserving of all the blessings life has for you.
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