{"id":15159,"date":"2016-06-15T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=15159"},"modified":"2016-11-29T00:29:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T05:29:37","slug":"release-and-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2016\/06\/release-and-freedom.html","title":{"rendered":"Release and Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9700\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2014\/06\/release.jpg\" alt=\"release\" width=\"261\" height=\"265\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Love Works A Healing Power<\/em> by Catherine Ponder:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">\u201cRelease is a form of forgiveness we all need to practice often.\u00a0 Although we usually think of emotional attachment as one of the highest forms of love, quite the opposite is true.\u00a0 Emotional release is one of the highest forms of love.\u00a0 Attachment leads to bondage, whereas the way of true love is to free that which you love.\u00a0 <em>You never lose anything through release.\u00a0 Instead, you open the way for a freer, more satisfying type of love to develop, where everyone involved is able to give and receive love in a more harmonious way.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">You never lose that which is for your highest good, under any circumstances.\u00a0 When it seems that you have lost something, it is because it is no longer best for you.\u00a0 Though you may feel that it is still best, you have actually outgrown it and the pruning power of love has released you from it.\u00a0 Realizing this, you are able to free it and open your mind and heart to receive your new and higher good.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">Setting others free means setting yourself free.\u00a0 When you feel bound to other people, their attitudes, their behavior, their way of life, it is because you are (perhaps unconsciously) binding them to you.\u00a0 Then you begin to feel bound, chafing against the very bondage you have caused!\u00a0 Always, you yourself hold the key to your freedom from bondage.\u00a0 Your turn the key to freedom when you release the personality, problem or condition you think is clutching you.\u00a0 Remember, you are the master, never the slave, of your circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">You become victor instead of victim when you dare to speak the word of release to the person or thing you think is binding you.\u00a0 <em>Most human-relations problems would melt away if people would practice the healing power of release, instead of trying to make people over in a certain image, or trying to force them to do things the way you want<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI RELEASE YOU NOW TO YOUR HIGHEST GOOD.\u00a0 I RELEASE YOU TO COMPLETE FREEDOM AND COMPLETE HEALTH IN WHATEVER WAY IS BEST.\u00a0 I AM FREE<br \/>\nAND YOU ARE FREE.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699\">blessings,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #666699\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #666699\"><em>The MEGA Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699\">Catherine Ponder is considered one of America\u2019s foremost inspirational authors.\u00a0 She has written more than a dozen books, which include such bestsellers as her <em>Millionaires of the Bible<\/em> series and <em>The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by Google)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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