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As we approach the summer months in which there are so many parties and birthdays I thought it appropriate to write a post about celebrating others. How do you celebrate the people in your life? Do you throw parties, buy gifts or do you put a lot of energy toward creating things they enjoy?
Many times we get so caught up in the what that we forget about the how…
Choose Your State of Consciousness Before You Choose Your Gift
What you do to celebrate others is not as important as the state of consciousness you use to design the experience. For some people it may be a gift that pops out at you as you’re shopping, for others it could be making their favorite dish, playing their favorite games or engaging in their favorite activities. Your gift will be most effective (for both giver and receiver) if your choice revolves around a connection with joy.
Take my happy-homebody husband, for example. He loves being at home and immensely enjoys the house and yard. He is happiest experiencing a phenomenal meal, playing video games, watching a movie, working out at the gym and exploring interesting places that are sure to offer comforts of luxury, fun or natural beauty. He loves technology so this kind of thing always makes for a good gift but most often he needs to obtain these things for himself, so I tend to take a different approach.
On the special days in which I celebrate my husband it is all about service. I make two of his favorite meals, which due to their complexity are not served regularly and top things off with one of his favorite desserts. Enjoying every moment of the day becomes our meditation, so we spend our time languidly doing what he loves most and this never fails to bring on an exceptionally good mood with lasting effects. What I’ve come to realize from performing this simple ritual of celebration is that I determine the value of my giving by consciously creating my experience.
Methods of Celebrating
I choose to celebrate my husband in this manner because it is what most effectively connects him with joy but as with any gift-giving the full potential is not realized unless I connect as well. I could easily make this a chore and stress myself out over all the demands on my time; but instead, when I make the choice to give someone else my attention for the day, I surrender to it and I will think of nothing else.
My mission is to serve lovingly, so I pull the joy and love that is readily available in the universe, up into myself, and channel it through my activities…becoming a vehicle for the Source energy that is always flowing to enter the lives of others, through me. I do the same when celebrating someone with a gift.
When buying a gift for another person I hold them in my heart, raise my vibration and then flood my mental image of this person with Source energy. In that state of joy I choose a gift that resonates with the vibration I am getting for them. Sometimes I will get a scene playing out in my mind, for example last Christmas I walked by a hat in Wilson’s Leather and saw my father-in-law clearly on a hiking trail wearing it. Needless to say I purchased it and in one of those moments of synchronicity (I absolutely refuse to consider price-tags when I find an obvious energy match) the salesman happily announced that the hat was reduced in price, making the purchase less than half of what was marked on the sales tag…good thing I wasn’t terribly concerned or I never would have brought it up to the register to begin with 
Obstacles or Opportunities?
Of course things do not always go with such synchronicity. Sometimes when you’re out looking for a gift the things that seem right are not available. This can cause a lot of stress if you become fixated on the outcome instead of paying attention to the process. What is life trying to tell me with this situation? Is a question you can ask at these times. Do not buy into the poverty consciousness that chants… that was your last chance at finding a suitable gift! Try to be fluid, flexible and know that when one door closes another opens.
In this abundant world there is no way that was your last chance! Anytime this has ever happened to me and I decided to focus on the opportunity hidden in the situation instead of the obstacle, it has always worked out effortlessly and the gift has been very well received. In fact, the usual response of the recipient has been one of surprised want and need - of course I had no idea if they had any interest at all in the item…I was merely following the energy 
The trick lies in focusing your attention on where the energy flow is presenting itself and looking at the walls as signposts that are saying don’t go this way. You can then be grateful for the obstacles and the direction they are providing for you, knowing that you will be led to a solution that feels good and is an energy match to your state of consciousness. We attract what we give attention to…by focusing our intentions on our energy connections with the universe we can answer each others prayers…our generosity then becomes a divinely appointed extension of light and love!
