{"id":70,"date":"2011-09-28T23:08:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T03:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apertureoflight\/?p=70"},"modified":"2011-09-28T23:08:40","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T03:08:40","slug":"playing-it-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apertureoflight\/2011\/09\/playing-it-out.html","title":{"rendered":"Playing it Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/272\/2011\/09\/Beth-Ann-copy1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/272\/2011\/09\/Beth-Ann-copy1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"585\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the wisest pieces of advice I have ever been given was by one of my piano teachers. 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