{"id":2498,"date":"2013-01-01T08:22:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T08:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2013-01-02T07:04:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T07:04:42","slug":"day-fifty-nine-let-it-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2013\/01\/day-fifty-nine-let-it-shine.html","title":{"rendered":"Day Fifty Nine &#8211; Let it Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;From where I&#8217;m standing the sun is shining all over the place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Give it a whirl&#8230;<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The sun&#8217;s in my heart and I&#8217;m ready for love.<\/em><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D1ZYhVpdXbQ<\/a>\n<p>Gene Kelly wasn&#8217;t just <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Singin%27_in_the_Rain\">Singing in the Rain<\/a>. He was singing AND dancing in the rain.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>laugh at clouds<br \/>\nSo dark up above<br \/>\nkeep the sun in your heart<br \/>\nAnd get ready<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/files\/2013\/01\/french-bull-dog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2510\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2013\/01\/french-bull-dog-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step up your practice. Move through any resistance and don&#8217;t forget to dance out the other side refreshed, revived and aglow.<\/p>\n<p>In Love.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy this moment.<\/p>\n<p>Let the essence of your self radiate today and blossom with every word you speak.<\/p>\n<p>Open your heart and Live.<\/p>\n<p>Fully.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Around me the trees stir in their leaves<br \/>\nAnd call out, \u201cStay awhile.\u201d<br \/>\nThe light flows from their branches.<\/p>\n<p>And they call again, \u201cIt\u2019s simple,\u201d they say,<br \/>\n\u201cand you too have come<br \/>\ninto the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled<br \/>\nwith light, and to shine.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; Mary Oliver When I Am Among the Trees from Thirst &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Let the shimmering ripple of nature expand through your being<br \/>\nLet the light glow filling your heart with full flowing presence<br \/>\nLet that beautiful expression of love reflect on the wind<br \/>\nExpanding outward amplifying and attune with all the sounds of the world<\/p>\n<p>Make today a beautiful reminder that everyone is here to shine,<br \/>\nwith light and love.<\/p>\n<p>Do it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m serious.<\/p>\n<p>Now.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy this moment.<\/p>\n<p>This little light of mine. I am going to let it shine. Let it shine.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s two different expressions of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/This_Little_Light_of_Mine\">This Little Light of Mine<\/a> a Gospel favorite of mine, one from an African Children&#8217;s Choir, the other from the inimitable Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"African Children&#039;s Choir ---- This Little Light of Mine\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bv6nuDeB-eM?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<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Little Light Of Mine (Live In Dublin)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rTebgVrHEVM?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>Day Fifty Nine 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<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;From where I&#8217;m standing the sun is shining all over the place.&#8221; Give it a whirl&#8230;\u00a0 The sun&#8217;s in my heart and I&#8217;m ready for love. Gene Kelly wasn&#8217;t just Singing in the Rain. He was singing AND dancing in the rain.\u00a0 laugh at clouds So dark up above keep the sun in your heart&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":451,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,5,44,7],"tags":[41,321,58,323,48,39,38,17,16,61,29],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-100-days-of-love-and-inspiration","category-getting-bare","category-i-am","category-inspiration","tag-flight-of-the-soul","tag-getting-bare","tag-handle-with-love","tag-inspiration","tag-intuition","tag-love-land-tips","tag-love-you-for-life","tag-lovely-moon","tag-melanie-lutz","tag-miracles","tag-self-love"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Day Fifty Nine - Let it Shine - Flight of the Soul<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2013\/01\/day-fifty-nine-let-it-shine.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Day Fifty Nine - Let it Shine - Flight of the Soul\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;From where I&#8217;m standing the sun is shining all over the place.&#8221; Give it a whirl&#8230;\u00a0 The sun&#8217;s in my heart and I&#8217;m ready for love. 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