Celebrating Abundance by Receiving with Gratitude

You have achieved your goal! Congratulations. You have successfully held something in mind and surrounded it with gratitude as you worked to manifest it in your life. Then you notice that this achievement is not as sweet as you had envisioned. After all of the action you have taken to reach your goal there is a lull in the energy after you have created what you desire in your life. Gone is the joy and elation you experienced as you completed the necessary steps along the way. Maybe the elation was there at the moment of your accomplishment and shortly thereafter, but it dissipated more rapidly than you would have liked. Perhaps you have trouble receiving.

Our culture is a culture dominated by action. Since our childhood most of us have been taught well how to use the masculine energies of intention and action. "The early bird catches the worm. Don't rest on your laurels." Do these sound familiar? This programming has led to a fifty to sixty-hour work week. It has served us well for getting things done but what about reaping what we sow?

Very few of us have been taught how to receive. Receiving is a feminine energy. All of this action without receiving has brought us to a point of imbalance; personally and globally. This imbalance threatens the very ecosystems we rely on here for our existence, but that is a subject for another time; perhaps a different article. Personally this imbalance wears us out physically, emotionally and spiritually and it threatens our future success. The reason for this is the universal law of attraction. Many of us have become aware of this law from a popular movie entitled The Secret. The law of attraction states that we attract everything into our lives by what we focus on. It tells us that our thoughts and actions create our experience in our lives. The universe always gives us what we want and actions speak louder than words.

Have you ever set out to accomplish something and never achieved it? Have you ever been so busy that you blew right by what you were creating when it showed up in your life and missed the opportunity? Most of us have. When we accomplish something we must take time to thoroughly embody and enjoy the experience. When we do this we are using the universal law of attraction and telling the universe we want more of the same. If we don't celebrate then the universe responds by not giving us anything further to celebrate about. If we take the time to really enjoy the fruits of our labor we are using that energy to recharge ourselves and prepare us for next time. Celebration springs forth out of the feminine of its own accord. Enjoy this energy; it is a part of the great circle of life. It doesn't mean that you will get all puffed up with ego. It means that you are grateful; grateful to the universe, grateful to life, grateful to yourself. Take the time to be in balance and reciprocity with life. Take the time to receive.

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About the Author

John English is the award-winning author of The Shift and the recently released The Little Book on Relationship. John is an international speaker, shamanic healer, and a successful entrepreneur. He writes about a variety of holistic subjects; meditation, energy healing, shamanism, and the medicine wheel. Visit his website at www.mydreamtimellc.com.