{"id":719,"date":"2009-10-29T12:27:59","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T12:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/10\/hang-in-there.html"},"modified":"2009-10-29T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T12:27:59","slug":"hang-in-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/10\/hang-in-there.html","title":{"rendered":"Hang in There!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" height=\"332\" alt=\"hanginthere.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/hanginthere.jpg\" width=\"250\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>This little retro kitteh poster has been flashing in my brain a lot lately as a kind of ironic yet sincere form of comfort. Thought you might enjoy the image and the message, however screechingly cheezy.<\/p>\n<p>And here are some &#8220;hang-in-there&#8221;-style quotes to go along with it. You&#8217;ve heard them before, but you might need to hear them again:<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.&#8221;&nbsp; &#8211; Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; If you&#8217;re going through hell, keep going.&#8221; &#8211; Winston Churchill<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know God will not give me anything I can&#8217;t handle.&nbsp; I just wish that He didn&#8217;t trust me so much.&#8221; &#8211; Mother Teresa<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.&#8221; &#8211; Jewish Proverb<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.&#8221;&nbsp; &#8211; Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No rain, no rainbows.&#8221; &#8211; Hawaiian proverb<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.&#8221;&nbsp; &#8211; Rainer Maria Rilke<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.&#8221;&nbsp; &#8211; William Stafford<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.&#8221;&nbsp; &#8211; Latin Proverb<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.&#8221; &#8211; Unknown<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you hear a voice within you say &#8216;you cannot paint, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.&#8221; -Vincent Van Gogh <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won&#8217;t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do.&#8221; &#8211; Marianne Williamson<\/p>\n<p>[Image via: <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Hang-in-There\/Jennifer-McKnight-Trontz\/e\/9780811839976\">http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Hang-in-There\/Jennifer-McKnight-Trontz\/e\/9780811839976<\/a>]<strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>Like what you see? <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=FreshLiving&amp;amp;loc=en_US\"><font color=\"#023d89\"><strong>Click here to subscribe<\/strong><\/font><\/a><strong> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day!<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;<font face=\"georgia, bookman old style, palatino linotype, book antiqua, palatino, trebuchet ms, helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, avante garde, century gothic, comic sans ms, times, times new roman, serif\"><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This little retro kitteh poster has been flashing in my brain a lot lately as a kind of ironic yet sincere form of comfort. 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