Wonderful! I believe the same principle is often present in prayer. I do not experience God's gift to me until I have emptied myself in speaking to Him. It is not until one is empty that they can receive a gift in its fullness. I do not "hear" God until first I have spoken. He is always first and yet also always second. This is also trinitarien--He is the one being spoken to, the one who is the object of love, and yet He also is the one praying in us. And lastly, He is the gift that the One we love extends to us after He has gotten through praying within us.