{"id":4981,"date":"2015-07-01T23:32:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T23:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=4981"},"modified":"2015-07-01T23:32:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T23:32:06","slug":"courage-is-necessary-take-action-today-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2015\/07\/courage-is-necessary-take-action-today-with-love.html","title":{"rendered":"Courage is Necessary&#8230;.Take Action Today, with Love!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/files\/2015\/07\/Lighthouse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5109 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2015\/07\/Lighthouse-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lighthouse\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>We are powerful beyond measure. We are here to be in service to our purpose. \u00a0We are the people.<\/p>\n<p>Everytime I think about the great women I know and have inspired me I am brought to tears. \u00a0For all that have come before me and all that will follow. \u00a0May today mark the fullest expression of freedom and love and victory over doubt or fear.<\/p>\n<p>In the end it is better to have tried. It is better to have moved into the\u00a0passions that burn in your heart to be shared. \u00a0Nothing has been accomplished by saying I can&#8217;t. \u00a0Get out there and experience your truest self in each courageous breath where you choose to be in communion with your soul&#8217;s code. \u00a0Where life is all that it is meant to be and love is the way.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the wise, powerful, always insightful Maya Angelou discussing courage.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maya Angelou On Courage\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xWTXkVPhEXU?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are powerful beyond measure. We are here to be in service to our purpose. \u00a0We are the people. 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