{"id":372,"date":"2013-05-07T14:16:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T14:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onfire\/?p=372"},"modified":"2013-05-07T14:16:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T14:16:23","slug":"the-shortest-path-to-greatness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onfire\/2013\/05\/07\/the-shortest-path-to-greatness\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shortest Path to Greatness"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_373\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onfire\/files\/2013\/05\/8298618325_4f6e568e78I_aussiegall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-373\" alt=\"On Fire\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/332\/2013\/05\/8298618325_4f6e568e78I_aussiegall-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Fire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Be you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have another choice.<\/p>\n<p>Copying someone else gets the same results as lighting a firecracker that is a \u201cdud:\u201d a very short-lived blaze of glory followed by a fizzling fall to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Next.<\/p>\n<p>Developing and using your talents toward the causes you care about results in slow growth and, ultimately\u2026<\/p>\n<p>You become the best expression of who you are.<\/p>\n<p>Enough.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Be who God created you to be and you will set the world on fire.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8212; Catherine of Siena<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/aussiegall\/8298618325\/sizes\/m\/\" target=\"_blank\">aussiegall <\/a>(creative commons)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be you. 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