{"id":3604,"date":"2013-10-24T07:27:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T07:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/?p=3604"},"modified":"2013-10-24T22:42:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T22:42:03","slug":"day-ten-of-loveland101-stand-for-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2013\/10\/day-ten-of-loveland101-stand-for-something.html","title":{"rendered":"Day Ten of #LoveLand101 &#8211; Stand for Something"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take a stand in your life and assume a position of strength and love in every encounter.<\/p>\n<p>When you assume a position in your heart standing for the truth, no matter how terrifying, it enables all parties involved in the encounter and drama to be free. \u00a0In the light of this kind of truth you bare witness to the magnificence of possibility that is unhinged of the past opening up the world to untold possibility where we are celebrating the power that lives within each of us to rise up. \u00a0It is time to take a stand for the person who needs it most. \u00a0Yourself. \u00a0Demand a little more of yourself today than yesterday. \u00a0Remember who you are. \u00a0Where you&#8217;ve been good you are going to need to be great and where you&#8217;ve been unconscious you are going to wake up and take a stand for magnificence. \u00a0A rising tide raises all ships is not just a metaphor, it is a deep psychological pattern.<\/p>\n<p>The one thing you can be sure of&#8230; the person standing in front of you, driving next to you, working down the hall has experienced, or is experiencing\u00a0as much\u00a0trauma as you. Be kind.\u00a0Be a light so others, our children, our neighbors, our communities, here and across the globe, can rise and shine. Everyday. Fully\u00a0nourished and safe from suffering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Children&#039;s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock performs Katy Perry&#039;s Roar\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lnG3MKos87A?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><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors and remembers.&#8221; <\/em>John F. Kennedy had it right in\u00a0his speech celebrating Robert Frost and the arts.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be remembered for our ability to change with grace to transform our present turmoils\u00a0into peace on earth.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s get really clear, in remaining passive and asleep in our own lives affects the planet.\u00a0\u00a0 We have challenges, for sure, things are breaking apart and falling away&#8230; However, it is not a que to give up,\u00a0when Winston Churchill on the day of the French capitulation\u00a0said &#8220;Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if\u00a0the human race lasts for a 1000 years, let them\u00a0say &#8230; &#8220;This was their finest hour&#8221; he offered a space above\u00a0the doubt, beyond the uncertainty and bleakness of circumstance to rise into.<\/p>\n<p>Take a stand today and\u00a0address what needs addressing,\u00a0celebrate moments of magnificence, individuals of purpose, and every expression of\u00a0love that\u00a0you see, encouraging more of that kind of\u00a0behavior. Uplifting every moment that follows. Leading us into a new era.<\/p>\n<p>May you find the voice of truth in every circumstance allowing you to take a stand for love.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of Love,<\/p>\n<p>Melanie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flightofthesoul\/files\/2013\/10\/photomanipulations-self-portraits-zev-fiddle-oak-3-LoveLand101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3608\" alt=\"photomanipulations-self-portraits-zev-fiddle-oak-3 #LoveLand101\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2013\/10\/photomanipulations-self-portraits-zev-fiddle-oak-3-LoveLand101-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Day Ten of #LoveLand101<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>Melanie Lutz is a screenwriter, author, and poet. 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