{"id":79,"date":"2013-12-30T19:22:08","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T01:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soulfulastrologer.com\/wordpress\/?p=69"},"modified":"2013-12-30T19:22:08","modified_gmt":"2013-12-31T01:22:08","slug":"love-revelation-my-i-am-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melissasimonson.com\/index.php\/love-revelation-my-i-am-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Revelation: My &#8220;I AM&#8221; Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another goody from exactly a year ago&#8211;I love that I spent today clarifying the gifts that I&#8217;m here to offer and 1 year ago, I was connecting with myself in the same way. I love seeing how much more comfortable that I am now in sharing my full expression &amp; declaring my gifts. It&#8217;s been an AMAZING year, and I&#8217;ve created each day with such courage. And once again, the &#8220;I AM&#8221; statement that I wrote back in 2006 remains true today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Simonson<br \/>\nDec 30, 2012 near Monona, WI<\/p>\n<p>Love Revelation: When I trained as a Life Coach in 2006, I was asked to create an &#8220;I Am&#8221; statement along with my classmates that represents my work in the world&#8211;the core essence of my being. It hangs on the wall of my office &amp; yet, until now, I&#8217;ve been quite private about it. In a moment of great clarity &amp; connection with myself, here is what I wrote: &#8220;I am an ever-present vessel of safety and compassion. I allow others the space to breathe in the truth of their being &amp; blow out the fire of their voice from within. I am a stirrer of souls. A nurturer of beautiful transformation. A portal of divine wisdom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I feel in my heart with all of the recent changes in my life that this next year is asking me to fully embody this statement &amp; to own it for myself &amp; all those I&#8217;m meant to serve. I&#8217;ve found myself this evening hit by a wave of grief &amp; anxiety over the unknowns that lie ahead for me. My heart is still heavy with processing the end of a relationship that meant a great deal to me &amp; my head is full of questions about &#8220;how I&#8217;m going to pull off&#8221; this transition to full self-employment now that the safety net is gone. I found myself praying out loud as tears streamed down my face&#8230;&amp; in a moment of pause, the &#8220;I Am&#8221; statement I wrote above came to mind. The thought that followed was, &#8220;Just be that.&#8221; Be who I am. Own it. Breathe.<\/p>\n<p>And so I say now: Ok, God, let&#8217;s do this. I&#8217;m putting one foot in front of the other&#8230;not without my fear, but you get that and all of my other trust issues&#8230;&amp; you love me, without condition. This year, I will do my best to love me without condition, too&#8211;to live boldly as all that I am &amp; continue to become. Nervous, excited, &amp; gratefully yours. Melissa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another goody from exactly a year ago&#8211;I love that I spent today clarifying the gifts that I&#8217;m here to offer and 1 year ago, I was connecting with myself in the same way. 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