Are you Good at Receiving?

How much do you allow yourself to receive, and have, before you feel guilty, afraid, or withdraw? If you believe you are not good enough, or don’t deserve it, then even though the Universe is trying to give us things (because we are practising gratitude) your beliefs will stop you from receiving these things.

Did you grow up hearing your parents tell you that money doesn’t grow on trees? Well-meaning as your parents were, if you still hold that belief, and others like it, then it is possible to negate the law of attraction that gratitude invokes. What you end up doing each time fortune is about to smile upon you, is to sabotage yourself or the events (consciously or unconsciously) that would have resulted in that good fortune.

Additionally, the more we have grown up believing we need to be independent to be successful, the worse we are at receiving. We’re very good at giving, however! But think about this – if we are all giving, then who is there to do the receiving?
Not receiving is really just another guilt trap set up by ourselves to protect our belief about independence and our lack of self worth.

You can discover/uncover what your beliefs are by looking at your results, by listening to what your inner voice is saying, and by noticing what you say to others. It can take some time and effort to uncover your beliefs, however, it is well worth it, if you suspect you are being held back by them.

For example, you may hold a belief that no-one loves you. This makes it difficult for anyone to love you, and since you must prove yourself right all the time (and we all do that), you push people away from you so that no-one loves you. Voila! You were right again! That is self –sabotage. Our beliefs dictate our lives very powerfully.

Imagine if you turned this power around to work for you instead of against you? Tomorrow I’ll go into how to change your negative beliefs.