Last Week’s Story
If you missed last week’s Thursday Thoughts blog post, you can read it here.
I also just published my first ebook on Manifesting Love for the Insecure Woman and you can get it here for an introductory price of $9.99 USD.
Releasing my ‘Giver’ Self
This eclipse is so powerful because it’s bringing a lot of unconscious patterns to the surface so that we can finally release them and change our ways for the better.
One major pattern that I noticed about myself and that’s preventing me from receiving is that I was giving way too much.
I brought awareness to this pattern a few months ago and I decided to stop posting to Twitter. I now only share links for the blog posts that I publish and that’s it. No more excessive tweeting and sharing.
But my giving is not limited to ‘X’. I realized that in my friendships, I was also giving more than I was receiving. And this applies to everything.
For example, reaching out to friends on Instagram and sending messages to check in or say hi.
I think that’s exactly what triggered my recent decision to stop giving and just be open to receive.
I realized that if some friends feel that they’re too busy to reciprocate or respond to my messages, then I must be giving more than I should.
I know my value really well and I know how good and genuine of a friend I am. So I decided to stop giving – but not only with friends.
I won’t be giving in any interaction – whether it’s online or offline. I can only receive.
Let me tell you what happened so far once I set that intention yesterday.
Examples of How to Receive
Yesterday, this old pattern of being a giver was highlighted and amplified. So I wrote a post-it note that said: “Practice Receiving instead of Giving” and I kept it on my desk, in front of my closed laptop.
Let me share with you what happened since I wrote that note:
- Yesterday, while leaving the building, one of the maintenance guys was at the door speaking to a couple. When he saw me approaching, he held the door for me and I went through.
- Yesterday, I was going into a coffee shop with a new friend and two (not one) staff members held open the door wide open for us to enter. They were both standing there holding the door from both sides.
- I needed to find a restaurant in the HSBC Entertainer app and the waiter helped me find it and went on to process the discount. I let him.
- This morning, I was carrying a big bag of groceries and a guy who was walking towards the building entrance in front of me, held the door open for me and I went through it and thanked him.
- This morning, I was walking at a very narrow pavement and I saw a guy walk in the opposite direction. The pavement can only fit one person. So I stayed on the pavement and he had to get off of it to make way for me. Yes! In the past, I would always get out of my way and move for the other person. OMG. I just remembered that when I was an adult, my mom once advised me to move out of the way if it’s a man. Wrong! I get the reason as to why she gave that advice but it’s wrong!
How to Shift this Pattern
- Let go of control.
- Practice receiving in place of giving. This applies to all interactions with humans – whether online or offline.
- Embrace being a woman and let the man do his role.
- Practice being and allowing instead of taking action.
- Practice slowing down.
- Practice being in the feminine energy versus the masculine energy.
Receiving Mode: ON
One last thing that I want to add is that even when I’m not receiving, I won’t be giving. For example, let’s say that no friend reaches out to me. Great. I will still not reach out, engage with their social media content or take action. I will simply be. I’m in receiving mode only. There’s no energy left for giving.
Since I’m only receiving, feel free to get my ebook for $9.99 USD for a limited period. Thank you in advance.
Receiving mode: ON.
Love,
Leela
