{"id":70,"date":"2011-02-18T11:11:11","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T11:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dailyjoys\/2011\/02\/this-is-dedicated.html"},"modified":"2011-02-18T11:11:11","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T11:11:11","slug":"this-is-dedicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2011\/02\/this-is-dedicated.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;This Is Dedicated&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can call a radio station and ask that a song be played, &#8220;dedicated to&#8230;&#8221; someone special.&nbsp; You can make a donation to an organization and dedicate that generosity to a particular person.&nbsp; Dedicating a book to someone is a lot like that.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>In the midst of laboring over the content for LIFE BEGINS WHEN YOU DO I considered all the people I know.&nbsp; I&#8217;m blessed to be connected to so many people who live their passion, who demonstrate every day what they believe by the actions they choose.&nbsp; I have one friend, who has chosen to truly BEGIN her life at a point when many people would have considered it to be &#8220;the end.&#8221;&nbsp; My friend was faced with a continual stream of dire medical assessments.&nbsp; She&#8217;s walked through cancers and hosts of other extraordinary health challenges and embraced a life that is truer, richer and more authentic than it&#8217;s ever been.&nbsp; So my newest book is dedicated to my friend, Donna Rose, whose life embodies the title.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>This is what I wrote:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &#8220;For Donna Rose<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; My valiant friend.&nbsp; In your quiet turns and consistent efforts, you have demonstrated that life is what you choose to make it, not what a prognosis says it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you were committing an act of creation or generosity today, with your life, who would it be dedicated to?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can call a radio station and ask that a song be played, &#8220;dedicated to&#8230;&#8221; 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