Is receiving love, and being loved. up until this point, kindness was a task. wow. 
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Can you describe a bit more what you mean 
Much Mudita to you 
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I kind of just went into that Christian type mindset of thinking of all the support and love I get from my friends, my mother and father, spiritual friends, possibly even Devas. I think it is wholesome to receive and actually take that love that has been given to us from external sources. I had always confused that with attachment, but now I’m beginning to think it’s a crucial part of the path. I may be wrong, but it in no way feels sensual or clingy at this point.
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Something like “if everyone were bodhisattvas and giving to each other, who’d be doing the eating?”
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Gratitude is also a Buddhist virtue
“Now what is the level of a person of no integrity? A person of no integrity is ungrateful & unthankful. This ingratitude, this lack of thankfulness, is advocated by rude people. It is entirely on the level of people of no integrity. A person of integrity is grateful & thankful. This gratitude, this thankfulness, is advocated by civil people. It is entirely on the level of people of integrity.”
It is beautiful when it arises spontaneously.
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