Whether by personality, gender, personal history, or culture, I don’t know, but I am a doer, a striver: full of plans, the desire to contribute, and efforts for self-improvement. I have known I need to learn to rest and trust, and have been working on that, but have been thinking the last two days about how radically I want to shift my perspective, so that, like the ying and yang symbol, effort is equally balanced with receiving.
Notice that I did not say effort is balanced with rest - but with receiving. I can practice receiving by accepting what other people offer me without resistance or embarrassment. I can notice and accept all the little and big gifts of my life, without complicating them by feeling I’m not worthy or need to earn them. When I do work, I can feel that the energy and will comes from Spirit, feeling it moving through me instead of believing I am generating it, so that my action is more restful and more effective.