Become a Cheerful Receiver

We all know how to give, and we all give freely. The problem is that while some people are cheerful givers, they are bad receivers. They refuse gifts through pride, or some other negative reason, thereby blocking their channels, and invariably find themselves eventually with little or nothing.

People should receive gracefully the bread returning to them upon the water; freely you have given, freely you shall receive. There is always the perfect balance of giving and receiving, and though you should give without thinking of returns, you violate the law if you do not accept the returns which come to you; for all gifts giving or receiving we are being merely the channel.

You should not concern yourself with the particular "what" that is being given or even its value. A thought of lack should never be held over the giver. It is the thought which brought it; you should not interrupt the flow by refusing. If one has been a bad receiver, you must become a good one, and take even a postage stamp if it is given to you, and open up your channels for receiving.

Everyone loves a cheerful giver; however nobody ever gives thought to the receiver. If you do not have cheerful receivers, you can not have cheerful givers. Learn to receive and to be grateful no matter the gift. Become both a cheerful giver and a grateful receiver and you will find your life becoming happier by the day.

Einstein said that nothing happens until something moves. If you stop the movement you stop what is happening. The thing that was going to happen may have been a very good thing, but you caused it to not happen to you by refusing to be a good receiver. If there was a way you could see all the great things you have passed by not receiving even simple gifts you would have cause to regret for the rest of your days.

Where there is an effect there is always a cause; there is no such thing as chance. If someone is giving you a gift, accept it. Even if the gift is worthless in your eyes, it was worth something to someone or it would not exist. Freely accept the gift, the gift may need to be given to someone else, and it may never get there except through you.

Do you not feel good when you give something to someone? Would you deny that to others by refusing a gift? Surely you would not be that callous as to deny others the ability to give freely. While it is fine for you to give and others to receive, you can not expect to not receive and have the law of reciprocity be denied.

So when a person offers you a gift, accept it. Accept it with grace and appreciation, a gift from a child giving you a barely recognizable crayon picture is just as valuable as a person giving you a car. There is a reason you are receiving the gift, so be cheerful and accept it.

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