{"id":3105,"date":"2020-09-10T08:42:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T08:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2020-09-11T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T13:44:59","slug":"me-playing-small-wellmaybe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/blog\/2020\/09\/me-playing-small-wellmaybe\/","title":{"rendered":"Me? Playing small? Well\u2026 Maybe\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I lower myself into the saltwater bath. I\u2019m not a person who takes a lot of baths, but when I do, I like to listen to something.\u00a0 I press play on my iPhone to continue the replay of the \u201cStop Playing Small\u201d class that I\u2019d missed the day before. Ten seconds later, the sound cuts out. My hands are wet. So, I let it be and lie in silence, feeling a little resistance because now I will have to be alone with my thoughts. Yes, I\u2019ll be honest, I still sometimes use spiritual recordings to escape from my thoughts! But Spirit knew what would be more helpful than any replay&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3108\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3108\" class=\"wp-image-3108 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Photo-by-Claire-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Photo-by-Claire-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Photo-by-Claire-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Photo-by-Claire-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Photo-by-Claire.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Claire<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The idea comes into my mind: \u201cI am willing to value myself\u201d. Whaaaatttt?! A bigger spike of resistance. \u201cNo way\u201d, says ego. And I ask Spirit to show me why I feel resistant to valuing myself. And I guess, because I asked and I was listening, I was able to receive the answer. Ten minutes of insight that blew me away. I saw, felt, sensed how I\u2019d had power somehow in a previous incarnation, and I misused it. I\u2019d had a voice and a status in society, and I used it to hurt people, or at least not to help them. And I still felt guilty about that, and I was holding onto all sorts of judgements about power and wealth and ambition and speaking out. I was afraid that deep down, I was a person who could not be trusted to use the gifts and talents I\u2019d been given for good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having worked with Jennifer for a few years already, I knew I could release the meaning I had made about myself, that I was \u201cbad\u201d and unloving. My Higher Holy Spirit Self reassured me that I could learn from this experience and forgive myself. It was powerfully emotional, and at the end of it, I felt able to repeat what I\u2019d started with \u2013 \u201cI am willing to value myself\u201d \u2013 YES! I value my connection to Spirit. I value my loving heart. I value my willingness to choose again. I value the power of my decision and intention within the One Mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s what else I got from Spirit during that bath: \u201cThere\u2019s no need to judge wealth, or status, or worldly power, because they\u2019re nothing. They have no value. They\u2019re illusions\u201d. Whether I seem to have them in this world or not really doesn\u2019t matter. Judging them is just a way of inversely giving them value. And I don\u2019t have to hold myself back as long as I learn to trust myself, trusting that I am Love and I learn from everything I do, including the mistakes I make along the way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That is just ONE of the numerous insights I had during the online Stop Playing Small retreat. There were so many! I\u2019m grateful that I followed my guidance to sign up for the retreat. I\u2019m grateful for all the participants that shared the experience as a strong and supportive group. And I am so grateful to be asked to write this article, because I got to go back to my notebook and realize how many mind-changing, life-changing realizations I received. How much I let go of and forgave myself for. I feel more free, more relaxed and more confident than before the retreat. I think about going for a job interview and I don\u2019t feel sick to my stomach any more.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3109\" style=\"width: 253px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3109\" class=\"wp-image-3109 \" src=\"https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Photo-taken-by-Claire-300x258.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Photo-taken-by-Claire-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Photo-taken-by-Claire.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo taken by Claire<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I didn\u2019t think I was playing that small when I signed up for the retreat. But I definitely wasn\u2019t giving myself full permission to flourish, to blossom, to live every moment of every day in the flow of joy, peace and love. That\u2019s what I\u2019m going for now. That\u2019s what I choose for myself and for everyone. And I know we are infinitely worth it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>To learn more about our upcoming September Stop Playing Small Online Retreat, click here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jenniferhadley.com\/sps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/jenniferhadley.com\/sps&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1599915073500000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH1PQ0w7Z4VCuWlkkzN2d0LR8av4A\">https:\/\/jenniferhadley.com\/sps<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>____________________<br \/>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Claire McGonigle is a participant in the Masterful Living Ascension Pathway class and resides in Switzerland.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"likebtn_container\" style=\"\"><!-- LikeBtn.com BEGIN --><span class=\"likebtn-wrapper\"  data-identifier=\"post_3105\"  data-style=\"\"  data-unlike_allowed=\"\"  data-show_copyright=\"\"  data-item_url=\"https:\/\/powerofloveministry.net\/news\/blog\/2020\/09\/me-playing-small-wellmaybe\/\"  data-item_title=\"Me? 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