{"id":50,"date":"2010-10-11T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/2010\/10\/made-of-love.html"},"modified":"2010-10-11T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T01:00:00","slug":"made-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2010\/10\/made-of-love.html","title":{"rendered":"Made of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font>&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font>Build a life made of love. When we are born, we are sent to this Earth plane with a bag of tools for the purpose of constructing a life. We might think of them as standard issue. The good news is, they can be used as often as needed and they will always be available. 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