{"id":2845,"date":"2013-09-23T03:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2013-09-22T23:00:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T03:00:58","slug":"choose-the-unending-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2013\/09\/choose-the-unending-story.html","title":{"rendered":"Choose the Unending Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Letting go is an act of agreement with life; it is an accord on our part with what the present moment is telling us about ourselves as it unfolds before us &#8212; and within us &#8212; asking us what it does. And what is it that life asks of us moment to moment?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s simple, really. Life is always asking&#8230; Will you be a witness to my story? Will you let go of your moment in the sun of passing circumstances in order to realize that just behind it dwells a Life whose Light never fades?<\/p>\n<p>Will you choose in favor of entering into a Life whose story never ends, and in which fear, failure, and falling simply do not exist?<\/p>\n<p>And if we wish to answer in the affirmative to these questions, then we must realize one essential truth: whatever we see taking place before us in our life &#8212; for its joy or sorrow &#8212; need no longer be accidental.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letting go is an act of agreement with life; it is an accord on our part with what the present moment is telling us about ourselves as it unfolds before us &#8212; and within us &#8212; asking us what it does. And what is it that life asks of us moment to moment? 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