Why Is Receiving So Hard

Recently, I decided to focus on receiving. Specifically, I'm aiming to let things that I want come to me instead of endlessly searching and struggling for a solution, or exhausting myself trying to "figure it out." To be clear, I don't believe that receiving is just about lying on my couch, snuggling with my cat, and waiting for everything I want to magically appear. (Although I have nothing against doing that sometimes!) For me, receiving involves a commitment to a kind of quiet observation. It's about tuning in to what I really want and also to the efforts I am making to have certain things or experiences. It's about noticing when what I'm doing feels inordinately hard, exhausting, unfruitful or just out of alignment in my body, and changing course when appropriate. It's about changing some programming that I have about what it takes to have what I want. I'm nowhere near good at this... yet, which is exactly why I've chosen to focus on it and strengthen my receiving muscle, so to speak. Last week, I was at my neighborhood farmer's market, checking out the nectarines at one of the stands. I collected a few nectarines, put them on the scale, and took out my wallet, when the farmer behind the stand took a look at my belly and said "Oh, you're pregnant? Those are free!" I laughed and said a bit incredulously, "Really?" He nodded at me, completely stone-faced, "Yes. Take some more." Here I was, being gifted something for free just because I'm pregnant, and then encouraged to ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news