{"id":7539,"date":"2013-09-20T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T04:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=7539"},"modified":"2013-09-19T22:13:57","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T02:13:57","slug":"love-or-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2013\/09\/love-or-fear.html","title":{"rendered":"Love or Fear?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2013\/09\/john14_18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7540\" alt=\"john14_18\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2013\/09\/john14_18-300x225.jpg\" width=\"439\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--[if !mso]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">You cannot serve two masters.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">Do you choose love or fear, giving or taking, kindness or greed?<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Every moment you have a choice.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">\u00a0 T<span style=\"color: navy\">he more you choose good over evil, positive over negative, life over death, you empower yourself and our planet.\u00a0 Our world needs love, hope, inspiration, encouragement, giving, health and kindness.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Your past choices created your life and results to this point.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">What will you choose now?\u00a0 The light of awareness makes all the difference.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">You can have your divine plan.\u00a0 You can make any change you truly desire.\u00a0 You can transform any negative pattern when it is important enough to you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Our nation and world is in its current state of crises because of people\u2019s choices up to now.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">Greed, sex and power are all forms of fear and have definite consequences..\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: navy\">It is time to choose proper principles and to demand that our companies, politicians and governments follow these same principles.\u00a0 Most importantly, each of us must follow these principles first, before we ask it of others.\u00a0 There are enough resources for everyone!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">You can make the difference by making a new choice, a healthy and healing choice.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">One that is good for all concerned.\u00a0 It is either love or fear.\u00a0 Love comes from truth, fear comes from the ego.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Here is a quote from a great movie, \u201c<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">Pay It Forward.<\/span><\/em>\u201c<i><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">\u201cIt\u00a0 is hard for people who are so used to things being bad or being a certain way.<\/span><\/em><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">They don\u2019t think that things can change or that they can change.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">The reality is you can change and more importantly you can transform.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">It is amazing what you can do when you try \u2026\u2026and keep trying.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">\u00a0 D<span style=\"color: navy\">on\u2019t quit and it is only a matter of time and practice before you succeed.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">The trying becomes doing and the doing becomes a new pattern of growth and success\u2026.and it makes a difference.\u00a0 You have to go towards the light, towards the good, towards the truth.<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: navy\">It\u2019s time to forgive yourself.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">It\u2019s time to forgive others who have hurt you.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">It\u2019s time to let go of the negative, the bad and the limited beliefs and patterns and behaviors.<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: navy\">It\u2019s time to make a new choice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">The Best Is Yet To Come!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">blessings,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n\ud83d\ude42 <span style=\"color: navy\">Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">The MEGA Coach<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2013\/09\/The-World.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7554\" alt=\"The World\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2013\/09\/The-World-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You cannot serve two masters.\u00a0 Do you choose love or fear, giving or taking, kindness or greed?\u00a0 Every moment you have a choice.\u00a0 The more you 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