{"id":361,"date":"2009-05-21T22:32:58","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T22:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kendrathornbury.com\/?p=361"},"modified":"2009-05-21T22:32:58","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T22:32:58","slug":"i-am-not-shrinking-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kendrathornbury.com\/i-am-not-shrinking-back\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Not Shrinking Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“There is nothing enlightened about shrinking.”<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ~Marianne Williamson\"img_7365\"<\/span><\/p>\n

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I invite you to join me.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the midst of the new beginnings<\/span><\/strong>, the manifestations, the celebrations…another aspect of life expresses. A darker<\/span><\/strong>, shadowy, hidden side.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have reconciled<\/span><\/strong> that while I continue to expand in my joy, feel my gratitude, and live in bounty, there are places in the world in which people are hungry, oppressed and at war.<\/span><\/strong> I sit with the juxtaposition of esctasy and terror.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I decided some years ago that the\u00a0best way for me to serve is to choose, every day, to be alive<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0I let go of the idea that somehow I\u00a0am less caring if I fully\u00a0express my aliveness…that\u00a0it is more giving to sacrifice my own wellness as a way to recognize that many are without it.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>I’m not shrinking back!<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes I do want to shrink back<\/span><\/strong>. An old familiar voice calls out to me in fear, telling me the world is not safe, that if I\u00a0am “too big” I\u00a0am more susceptible to\u00a0getting hurt. That it’s selfish to be in such abundance when so many go without.<\/span><\/p>\n

The higher truth chimes in. Ah, yes. I choose to live in the bold, bright radiance of all that I am, serving through BEing alive.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Again, I invite you to join me.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>The world needs you. Your community needs you. Your family needs you.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

All of you.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Here is the rest of Marianne’s well-known quote:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n

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This is me caring for our humanity, being awake to what is, AND living my life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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