Today’s Mandala
Receiving
“There is something that happens
— Chrissy Metz
when you are grateful:
You continue to keep
receiving blessings.
So I will always be grateful.”
“Until we can receive with an open heart,
— Brené Brown
we’re never really giving
with an open heart.
When we attach judgment
to receiving help,
we knowingly or unknowingly
attach judgment to giving help.”
There is generosity in giving,
— Freya Stark
but gentleness in receiving.”
Today’s MotD reminds us that we are worthy of receiving: help, kindness, gifts, support, compliments, and most importantly…we are worthy of receiving love. Our challenge becomes being willing and able to receive gracefully and gratefully rather than with resistance or rejection.
From a post on TinyBuddha.com by Janice L. Pascual entitled “How to Receive Gratefully Instead of Rejecting Kindness she states one of the key things that happens when we reject receiving is “we rob the givers’ chance to experience the joy of giving.” She offers some reasons why receiving is difficult and ways to make it easier:
- Check what kind of judgment you have when you give…those are the very same judgments you project onto your giver when you are the recipient.
- You constantly feel like you’re imposing…It’s not true, though. More often than not, people want to make you happy.
- You feel indebted all the time…Being grateful and giving back is much healthier.
- You assume they were just being nice…more often than that, people are really sincere.
- You feel like you’re not deserving…It isn’t humility. It’s actually denial.
“A balance of giving
— Doreen Virtue
and receiving is essential
to keeping your energy,
mood and motivation
at a consistently high level.”
Blessings,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
btw…started with this:
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