dailydatewithgod

We have the gift of a beautiful mind.  We have the gift of a beautiful body.  We have the gift of a beautiful heart.  We have the gift of a beautiful soul.  All that we are is a gift.  A gift to us.  A gift to the world.  As children we know exactly what to do with gifts when we get them–we receive them, we are excited, we open them up and explore them.  We do so because we are in the moment of being given that gift.  There is nothing for us to do except accept it.  We may not know what is in the gifts or how our lives might change as a result of them but we accept them nonetheless.  As time passes we learn how to ask for more specific things and create expectations of what we will get.  Then we learn disappointment at not getting what we want and it alters how we receive any of the gifts we are given.  Before we know it we find ourselves not as able to receive gifts because we have specific expectations and requirements.  We lose the experience and block our hearts from the gift of receiving.  The good news is that we can be restored to joy of receiving if we invite the Giver of All Gifts to open us up to the everyday gifts that are being showered upon us all the time.  The Greatness of God is that even when we have forgotten how to receive gifts, the do not stop being given by the Giver.  Like all things, we simply need to be open to letting go of our ideas of what it means to accept gifts.  When God gives, it is not with conditions or expectations.  The simplest way that we can re-engage in the receiving process is through two words: Thank You. Thank you for the sunset. Thank you for the breath that I just took in.  Thank you for the eyes through which to see my challenges today. Thank you for the compassion to forgive myself and others. My prayer for us today is that we be willing to renew our gift of receiving by saying thank you as many times as we can remember.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen