From Subtle to Sublime

I love how you notice the subtle things is the love fortune that I was focused on yesterday.  And I guess because I'm more interested at what is going on under the mask than what the mask is portraying.  Life is so much deeper than what we see on the surface.  And also this had a slight diversion for me yesterday as I believe the messages from the universe can be subtle at first and if you aren't watching than you can sometimes feel that the universe is working against you then with you.  And that is just a bold face misconception.

What had me focused on the subtle more intently was the Receiving Project.  Through a delightfully synchronistic way I discovered this and although not much about these concepts are new, I decided to give it a shot.  After all, I can often get distracted in my day to day and can always use a refresher.

Wait, I put the cart before the horse, this is a 32 day E-program (that is free - how's that for a gift from the universe) to help us get better at receiving.  Many of us are more natural at giving than receiving.  Although I do believe in miracles and believe that you can win the golden ticket overnight more often than not life is incremental in it's improvements. I also have a theory that what we believe is the magic ticket was just the point that we began to notice and that the changes were happening for a while leading up to it.

And just think about it.  If you kept offering a great gift to a friend and they kept saying no thank you or not appreciating it, you'd probably stop giving it or give it to someone else.  The universe is our friend, even if it's not on your Facebook or twitter list.  So I think it's important to acknowledge the small things as we don't want the universe to stop and if we show appreciation, the universe can get even more generous.

I'm only on day 3 of this receiving project myself and yesterday was to be a look out for what you receive.  And had that not been in my mind, if you asked me this morning what I received yesterday wasn't much.  And there were a series of nice interactions and compliments that happened to me that I tracked, including a shout out in a locker room from my friends, that when asked "what did you receive yesterday" the old Lulu would have said nothing.  Yet yesterday I received quite a lot of small sweet presents.  And when we notice the subtle the life can feel sublime.

And since I've been on a theme of sharing music videos.  Not quite sure why this one but Freckles can be subtle too...and I really like this song...it's got a great message...plus the images in this version are sweet...so receive this.

I have a few p.s.'s that I thought of on the subway. Some people don't like to receive because they feel like they owe the gifter and don't want to be in debted to anyone. Unless the person states that as a condition, the answer is no. Don't get me wrong you do need to be in the flow of giving and receiving, it's just not tit for tat. We receive from one and sometimes we return a favor or we can pay it forward or be generous in another way that seems unconnected. Yet that is also a misconception, we are all connected. And in truth the debt and asset account of giving and receiving is more universal and we need it to balance it out in the end and WE ALL have a role to play and we can alternate roles from time to time so it isn't one-sided too. You also can't under-estimate the gift in giving. I receive great pleasure in giving. So when I am stifled, I can get cranky. People believe Mother Teresa was selfless. No one is selfless and yet some of us get the bigger picture. And that truly is sublime.