{"id":978,"date":"2010-03-24T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2010\/03\/fresh-morning-bring-your-own-shoes.html"},"modified":"2010-03-24T05:00:47","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T05:00:47","slug":"fresh-morning-bring-your-own-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2010\/03\/fresh-morning-bring-your-own-shoes.html","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Morning: Bring Your Own Shoes"},"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>Last night, the substitute teacher in my yoga class&#8211;usually the class assistant&#8211;said that last time she taught us, she was nervous because she had such big shoes to fill.&nbsp; But this time, she said, she was far less nervous.&nbsp; &#8220;I brought my own shoes,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Have you put on your own shoes this morning?&nbsp; How do they feel?<\/p>\n<p><font><strong><\/strong><\/font><font><strong><font><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/fresh-morning\/\"><font color=\"#023d89\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\"><strong>Need more morning<br \/>\ninspiration?&nbsp; Read our entire Fresh Morning collection!<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/strong><\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, the substitute teacher in my yoga class&#8211;usually the class assistant&#8211;said that last time she taught us, she was nervous because she had such big shoes to fill.&nbsp; But this time, she said, she was far less nervous.&nbsp; &#8220;I brought my own shoes,&#8221; she said. 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