When I submit it is a direct acknowledgement of my Self, my master's Self, our mutual desire to have me obey his bidding, my ability and knowledge of how to act in a way that pleases him. More than that, it is not a one-time thing. Submission is a process, a time line. When I submit I am creating the opportunity to follow a trail of crumbs to somewhere I may never have been, a trail created by my master that I willingly follow. That trail is his gift to me. That I follow it is my gift to him. Submission could not exist without domination. They are both gifts.