{"id":2450,"date":"2012-12-25T08:53:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T08:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2012-12-27T05:35:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T05:35:23","slug":"day-fifty-four-start-something-loving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2012\/12\/day-fifty-four-start-something-loving.html","title":{"rendered":"Day Fifty Four &#8211; Start Something Loving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Jackson was a recognized genius of his time who died way to soon.\u00a0 In every way his legacy continues to inspire, inform and entertain and for some reason on this day, which happens to be Christmas Day, I can&#8217;t help singing &#8220;Wanna be starting Something. Got to be starting something.&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/files\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-18-at-2.25.54-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2468 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-18-at-2.25.54-PM-245x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today is the day to start something loving, to ignite the flame of truth and restore the heartbeat to something long thought frozen over.\u00a0 In MJ&#8217;s spirit and that of his collaborators and the dream and space he held for so many it is time to take a look at the man in the mirror and make a change.<\/p>\n<p><em>I&#8217;m starting with the man in the mirror<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;m asking him to change his ways<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And no message could have been any clearer<\/em><br \/>\n<em>If you wanna make the world a better place<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Take a look at yourself and then make a change<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Start something by making a change to be more loving, simply and with all your heart and soul, right now.<\/p>\n<p>Found this original video clip from Michael Jackson&#8217;s MOONWALKER movie&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror (Original Clip)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F9Nh84lfvW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As a little extra gift From Michael Jackson&#8217;s VEVO channel &#8211; This is It<\/p>\n<address>Light up the World<\/address>\n<address>With a song you can sing.<\/address>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Jackson - This Is It (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W_SLU3m6uCA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Day Fifty Four of\u00a0 Melanie Lutz\u2019s 100 days of Love and Inspiration.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Melanie Lutz is a screenwriter, author, and poet<em>\u00a0living in Los Angeles.\u00a0 Follow her on Twitter\u2026.<\/em><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mobilemel\" target=\"_blank\">Tweets by @mobilemel<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Jackson was a recognized genius of his time who died way to soon.\u00a0 In every way his legacy continues to inspire, inform and entertain and for some reason on this day, which happens to be Christmas Day, I can&#8217;t help singing &#8220;Wanna be starting Something. 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