{"id":62,"date":"2011-02-09T11:11:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-09T11:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dailyjoys\/2011\/02\/an-illuminating-day.html"},"modified":"2011-02-09T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2011-02-09T11:11:11","slug":"an-illuminating-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2011\/02\/an-illuminating-day.html","title":{"rendered":"An Illuminating Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;The journey is the destination.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Illuminate. The possible is within.&#8221; Dr.Kelly Mix Stork<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On my way to a professional strategy appointment this<br \/>\nreminds<span>&nbsp; <\/span>me there will be TWO<br \/>\nexperts in the room.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>My consultant<br \/>\nknows business and law and money. I&#8217;m an expert in the category of Mary Anne<br \/>\nRadmacher.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>To illuminate the possible<br \/>\nwith me I have to be willing to train the light on the deepest, darkest parts<br \/>\nof my soul.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>The ones that don&#8217;t<br \/>\nusually see light.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>For how can<br \/>\nthere be true illuminating if not for the contrast of darkness?<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In the course of the day the command, &#8220;Illuminate, &#8221; played<br \/>\nmany different parts.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>I asked for<br \/>\ncontinual clarification when meaning was not clear.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>I waited in silence more than usual. Just waiting for the<br \/>\nlight to shine and do its work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The dark places seem less ominous in the context of<br \/>\nilluminating the possible within.<span>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span>And, in fact, what I thought was so this morning is compass opposite of<br \/>\nwhat turned out when the light was shined.<span>&nbsp; <\/span>Illuminating, indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The journey is the destination.&nbsp; Illuminate. The possible is within.&#8221; Dr.Kelly Mix Stork &nbsp; On my way to a professional strategy appointment this reminds&nbsp; me there will be TWO experts in the room.&nbsp; My consultant knows business and law and money. 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