The art of receiving

I am sitting on the Razor edge as my wife presented me a Motorola Razr V3 phone last week; just like that, without any reason in particular. When asked, she revealed that she had planned to surprise me with a surprise gift.

With our first anniversary approaching, am I being influenced and being set levels for gifting? Huh! No, I did not take it that way. She was so excited in the whole process. I should have been magnanimous enough to accept it with a big smile. Even though I accepted it, I was cribbing about wasting money towards something which was not really necessary at that point in time.

It took me some time to realize the whole thing. It was late by the time that I realized that I did not make her happy in the whole process. And that is when I though I should build on a skill … the art of receiving. It was her joy to give and I was taking away her happiness if I was not receiving the gift. I did receive it, but I guess, I was not gracious enough to accept it graciously.