Sometimes, when given a gift it is best to just receive. I haven’t been that good at receiving, in this lifetime. A compliment given me for whatever has me stumbling for a simple thank you. Sometimes, it’s just best to allow ourselves to receive. I get the concept, no problem. As someone who always wants to do for others, that’s not such an easy concept to manage.
Whether it be a simple compliment, a hug, or a beautifully written letter that is given with kindness and love, sometimes it’s just best to receive and say, “thank you”.
Even now, in writing this, I feel the need for some long drawn out eloquence of my own, rather than a simple message. In composing some eloquent reply, it’s easy to stumble over the words and intentions of the writing, ending up with a piece that is lacking in what would come to script in a moment of inspiration.
I’ve built many rock walls, over the years. Yet, I could take you to almost every one of them and show you where I struggled to construct and where it all just flowed. The times it flowed were times where the inspiration was genuine and connected to a higher intention. Where the struggle showed up was in the “moments” that I may have been distracted or otherwise not as present, disconnected, lacking in inspiration. Such is the same in construction of a writing intended as a response to a simple gift. First of all, the gift needs to be genuinely received in the way it was given, the way giving was intended. Once that is accomplished, if there is an inspiration in the response, then by all means do so. Lacking said inspiration, it is more appropriate to simply say thank you for the gift. Otherwise, the response can take away from the gift. The response can actually cause question of intention because the inspiration is muddled.
PJQ