{"id":1805,"date":"2015-01-16T15:42:24","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T20:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2015-01-16T15:42:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T20:42:24","slug":"what-are-you-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2015\/01\/what-are-you-waiting-for.html","title":{"rendered":"What ARE You Waiting For?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many practical reasons to wait.\u00a0 Wait for a more auspicious time. For better funding. Ha! for ANY funding! For broader education or more deepened networked connections.\u00a0 The temptation is to wait until all of those elements align.\u00a0 Perfectly.\u00a0 Which is why there are many people who ponder aloud in the last seasons of their lives the dreams they held and kept. Inside.\u00a0 Imagine what could happen to such a dream, held so deeply and long, if, each time the thought of it came to you some specific, small action was taken toward that dream.\u00a0\u00a0 Imagine!<\/p>\n<p>Every BIG thing is comprised, in fact, built upon, many solid, smaller things.\u00a0 I do not have to do everything toward my dream today. I CAN do one small thing. And I think I will. How about you? WHAT are you waiting for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many practical reasons to wait.\u00a0 Wait for a more auspicious time. For better funding. Ha! for ANY funding! 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