{"id":1103,"date":"2010-06-14T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/06\/fresh-morning-be-soft.html"},"modified":"2010-06-14T05:00:47","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T05:00:47","slug":"fresh-morning-be-soft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/06\/fresh-morning-be-soft.html","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Morning: Be Soft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sun1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/sun1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\" \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<div>&#8220;Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. 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