{"id":11380,"date":"2015-01-27T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T05:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=11380"},"modified":"2015-01-27T16:24:17","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T21:24:17","slug":"11380","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2015\/01\/11380.html","title":{"rendered":"Finish Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2015\/01\/Omaha1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-11382\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2015\/01\/Omaha1.jpg\" alt=\"Omaha\" width=\"480\" height=\"361\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><br \/>\n&#8220;People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t believe in circumstances.<br \/>\nThe people who get on in this world are the people who get up<br \/>\nand look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can&#8217;t find them, make them.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300\"> George Bernard Shaw<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Today is about you.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000\">Today is about your success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Do you have a dream?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000\">It should be a glorious dream and bigger than you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">What is your dream?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000\">What is your passion?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Today is the day.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000\">Today is the day you decide you are a success and will accept nothing less than total success!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Success requires a total commitment.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000\">Success requires you believe and have faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">Are you willing to give everything you can?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000\">Are you willing to go the distance?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">What is more important, how you start or how you finish?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">The great racehorse Omaha started every race last and won every time.<br \/>\nIt took him awhile to get into stride.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">But in the end, Omaha always finished strong.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000\">What about you?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\">smiles, <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000\"><em>The MEGA Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by Google)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. 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