Let’s talk about what happens to us when we receive gratitude?? Normally, gratitude is usually received from two polarized positions. At one extreme is egocentrism, believing that we are superior because we have been thanked for something. At the other extreme is false modesty?, denying the importance of gratitude by detaching ourselves from it saying, “it’s nothing.”
For many of us it is difficult to receive gratitude from the heart because we are not sure if we deserve it or not?
A long time ago I talked on the blog about how to express gratitude in a more authentic and connected way with yourself and with other people. It is an article that can be very useful to you in all this gratitude. It is content that is still alive on the blog and that is why I bring it again, this time from the receiving.
Receive gratitude??
Non-Violent Communication (NVC) invites you to receive it with the same quality of empathy? that you receive other messages:
- Listen ?? What you have done that has contributed to the well-being of others.
- Listen to the feelings ❤️ and the needs ? that were satisfied.
When you receive gratitude in this way, you can do so without feeling superiority or false modesty , but rather celebrating the enrichment of life with the person who expresses their gratitude?, recognition or appreciation.
A question ❓that helps me when people tell me expressions like: “Pilar you are a crack”, “Pilar you are the host” or “Pilar you have saved my life” is, what have I done that has served the other person, has given something rich?? Asking myself this question makes me focus? in the action and its effect and not in me.
The merit ? It is not mine or the other person’s , it is not anyone’s, well rather, the merit belongs to life ✨ that has put that person in that situation with his life and me with mine, and from that encounter they occur. some rich fruits for both people???.
Is it a way to get out of the two aforementioned extremes and begin to celebrate life with the other? Allows you to connect with the recognition and appreciation that costs us so much?
What’s wrong with self-recognition?♀️? Do you want to discover it?
The same thing happens, as soon as we recognize ourselves a lot and we have a very grown ego?♀️, how suddenly we don’t recognize ourselves at all , even if we don’t sink into misery?
Connecting with this dichotomy in which we move with recognition drives me this time to share instead of a personal example, a practical exercise? to give you recognition in an authentic way like you’ve never done before.
For this, I have prepared a sheet for you that, as a guide, can help you make a mental review of your life? and that you can collect, as if they were pearls?, some qualities that have accompanied you on your path. Can you download it? to have it on hand when you listen to the audio?? I will guide you and give some guidelines and clarifications to make it very easy for you.
