New Consciousness Review Spring 2015 | Page 14

INSPIRATION My Lesson in Joyful Living by Kimberly Rinaldi I have a confession to make; I’m an introvert by nature. So the idea of developing a platform for my business – getting out in front of other people was hugely uncomfortable. Seriously, I spent 15 years working at remaining obscure. Yes, worked at it. Y ou see I was perfectly happy with my little life. Perfectly content impacting my tiny corner of this world. Perfectly at peace, until the day I got held accountable. On that day an esteemed colleague asked me, “How dare you not share your gifts – your lessons?!” “What right do you have not to show up for others who are out there – waiting for you to show up - counting on you???” And so it began, this gentleman challenged me to step out of my comfort zone and onto a much larger platform. Within two weeks I had a contract for a weekly radio show. Holy crap! What had I done? I now had to come up )ݥѠ