I want you to kiss me…

The power of owning our desires…

I said  to Graeme the other day “I want you to kiss me” and the lack of response I was anticipating (I got the kiss just not any joy, or  passion for that matter…) made me wonder if I should look further into what was happening.

The easy response was to get pissed off and go into all sorts of story about why Graeme’s response didn’t meet my expectations resulting in the following:

Mind games:

Making myself wrong: I’m not sexy/attractive enough, he doesn’t desire/love me anymore (victim)
Making him wrong: He’s just a ….for not giving me what I want, he’s just closed down (perpetrator)
Understanding his potential perspective: Maybe he’s just having a bad day (rescuer)
Letting go of personal judgement: the timing wasn’t right (higher self)

Looking a little further I replayed the experience not just in my mind but also felt it in my body.

What I noticed was:

I’d had the initial thought, not strongly linked to any physical desire.
I noticed that in asking for the kiss my attention was focussed outside of myself on Graeme.
This meant that his lack of response felt more painful to me because I was disconnected from myself.
I’d had underlying expectations of his response, leaving me open to disappointment and potentially leaving him feeling manipulated.

I then looked for something more (still outside of me) to make it better.
Because I didn’t want to feel the rejection in his lack of response I went into my head and made some judgments instead to distract me, and provide some self righteousness to prop up my ego self.

This all took only moments and happened so fast I didn’t realize it until I went back later.

Looking for a more enjoyable experience next time I tried a different approach:

I identified the desire for the kiss and took a moment to feel it fully in my body.
Staying connected with the feeling and so connected with my body and myself I approached Graeme with words of ownership rather than request. (self creator)
I said to him, whilst enjoying the feeling, that I would like to kiss him. For that is where my felt desire was leading me: from wanting to get something to wanting to express it from within me. (self creator)
I felt wonderfully alive and Graeme’s response was very different.
He looked me in the eyes, felt my desire, smiled coyly in a way that seemed like it was through his whole body
And he kissed me with real enthusiasm. (co creator)
It was a great kiss!
And Graeme didn’t mind being told he was desired either 🙂

And the interesting thing was:

I was enjoying feeling my desire so much that whether I was kissed or not became a bonus rather than a requirement!

Of course on another day I may have made the same request for a kiss and have it met readily and with enthusiasm (especially if I was fully connected with my desire for it) yet I am glad I had the opportunity to learn and share with you how powerfully fully feeling and owning our desires puts us in a power position.

Make an exploration of your own request versus desire and see what you discover for yourself.