{"id":1261,"date":"2011-07-22T00:12:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T04:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2011-07-22T00:16:28","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T04:16:28","slug":"the-science-of-becoming-excellent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2011\/07\/the-science-of-becoming-excellent.html","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Becoming Excellent"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1262\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2011\/07\/white-phase-bengal-tigers-pictures.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1262\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2011\/07\/white-phase-bengal-tigers-pictures-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White Phase Bengal Tigers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><br \/>\nIn reviewing one of my favorite authors, Wallace D. Wattles, &#8220;<em>The Science of Becoming Excellent,&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>I came across some wonderful information that I want to share with you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080\">&#8220;It is essential to our happiness that we should continuously advance.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">To be successful, to be happy we must grow and develop in our lives or we stagnate.<br \/>\nWhen we are growing and expanding and learning new things, we stimulate our health and creativity.<br \/>\nIf we stagnate, we hurt ourselves, our health and well being and actually start to decay.<br \/>\nYou are either growing or dying, there is no in between.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Remember that growth includes a number of key areas.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> You grow spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically and financially.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> So it is important to grow in a balanced and harmonious way.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"> Although you may find it easier to grow in one way or another, it is necessary to grow in all of these areas.<\/span><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080\">&#8220;We were formed for growth and all things external were designed to promote our growth.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080\">&#8220;You are a god in the company of gods and must conduct yourself accordingly.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B<span style=\"color: #000080\">y living these key principles you will discover success in all areas of your life.<br \/>\nEncourage your growth in all key areas and know that in your growth and overcoming whatever challenges may come, that you are actualizing your full, creative potential.\u00a0 Also, whatever circumstances you encounter, they are designed for your best development and greatest possibilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">By acknowledging that you are created in the image of God, out of God&#8217;s energy, you have to be what you truly are.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080\">\u00a0 A magnificent and all powerful, Spiritual Being.\u00a0 This also requires that you acknowledge that all other people are also magnificent and all powerful, Spiritual beings.\u00a0 We must treat each other with the respect we deserve from this viewpoint and reality.\u00a0 Simply put, we must follow the Golden Rule at all times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>&#8220;Be true to yourself and you cannot then be false to anyone.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Continue to follow your intuition to grow and expand in your natural desires and interests.<br \/>\nMake sure that you give yourself balanced growth, spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically and financially.\u00a0 You can be, do and have anything in this world as long as you do not violate the rights of others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">Give yourself your divine plan, under grace and in perfect ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">smiles,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>The Mega Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><span style=\"color: #000080\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In reviewing one of my favorite authors, Wallace D. 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