{"id":14217,"date":"2014-03-19T07:21:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T12:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=14217"},"modified":"2014-03-20T17:38:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T22:38:43","slug":"growth-can-start-with-shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/growth-can-start-with-shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth can Start with Shame"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cliftshot\"I’ve noticed that every time I take a new or risky step, the first thing that I experience is discomfort.<\/p>\n

Later it coagulates as Shame.<\/p>\n

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So, if, say… I’m going to take on something now, or write about something close to my heart that, haven’t shared before, or extend myself in a way that feels out of my expertise or depth… I’ll feel weirdly yucky and vulnerable, and than shameful.<\/p>\n

I’ll think, “No one will care about this, don’t be a fool.”<\/span><\/p>\n

or I’ll think, “You will be mocked. Don’t do step out on this.”<\/span><\/p>\n

or I’ll think, “How can I do this so it doesn’t feel so risky?”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just beyond those moments are moments of greatest growth and authenticity.<\/h2>\n

Defining moments.<\/p>\n

Fear is wrestled and vanquished.<\/p>\n

We stand on the precipice sometimes not knowing which way to go…onward or backward.<\/h3>\n

If it’s starting to scare the stink out of you, you’re doing it right. You’re pointed in the proper direction.<\/p>\n

If you feel like running, hiding, or chickening out, then, good: you’re about to grow.<\/p>\n

Keep going.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do the thing you feel most vulnerable doing that you’ve been hoping for down deep: It’s the idea you just can’t shake but it scares you silly.<\/p>\n

Lent is a great time to wrestle with all this stuff and the\u00a0Resurrection\u00a0celebration later becomes that more precious.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is a Scripture meditation for you today:<\/em><\/p>\n

Psalm 95<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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