{"id":4192,"date":"2016-10-06T20:37:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T00:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prettyprincess.us\/blog\/?p=4192"},"modified":"2026-10-06T20:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:40:19","slug":"i-am-willing-to-grow-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prettyprincess.us\/blog\/i-am-willing-to-grow-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Inspiration: i am willing to grow\u2026 this is my agreement with myself\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prettyprincess.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/willing-to-grow-essay-BOOK-2-MED.jpg\" alt=\"i am willing to grow. This is my agreement with myself.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prettyprincess.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/willing-to-grow-essay-BOOK-2-MED.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/prettyprincess.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/willing-to-grow-essay-BOOK-2-MED-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/prettyprincess.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/willing-to-grow-essay-BOOK-2-MED-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/prettyprincess.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/willing-to-grow-essay-BOOK-2-MED-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prettyprincess.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/willing-to-grow-essay-BOOK-2-MED-300x375.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prettyprincess.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/willing-to-grow-essay-BOOK-2-MED-570x713.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>the first step in<br \/>\nsetting yourself free&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>i am willing to grow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is my agreement with myself. In all of the places and circumstances and situations in my life where I feel stuck, to be willing to grow. To be willing to listen to what something is showing to me or asking from me. To understand that even though I may not have control over things happening around me, or even always to me, I am still always responsible for my own energy within those experiences. And I can still always look for movement and change within my own space that I hold. And that\u2019s where my freedom will come from. So, instead of fighting against the things outside of me that may make me feel like I\u2019m stuck, being open to where I can grow, <em>to grow out of them.<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; butterflies rising<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&raquo; the butterflies rising quote <a href=\"https:\/\/butterfliesrising.com\/i-am-willing-to-grow-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"may we hold on to the promises our souls make\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;i am willing to grow. This is my agreement with myself.&#8217;<\/a> is published in her poetry book &#8216;wild spirit, soft heart&#8217; and was originally published on the butterflies rising poetry blog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>the first step in<br \/>\nsetting yourself free&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>i am willing to grow.<\/em><br \/>\n&#8211; butterflies rising<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[216,132,125,193,98,60],"class_list":["post-4192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspiration-spirit","tag-butterflies-rising","tag-inspiration","tag-poem","tag-poet","tag-poetry","tag-quote"],"psp_head":"<title>i am willing to grow. This is my agreement with myself - butterflies rising<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"i am willing to grow. 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