{"id":175,"date":"2011-07-29T02:18:37","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T02:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/readmymind\/?p=175"},"modified":"2011-07-29T02:19:23","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T02:19:23","slug":"boy-publishes-book-and-hes-only-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/readmymind\/2011\/07\/boy-publishes-book-and-hes-only-seven.html","title":{"rendered":"Boy Publishes Book &#8211; And He&#8217;s Only Seven!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I needed a bit of\u00a0 old-fashioned , feel good inspiration today to\u00a0 break me out of a cynical mindset brought on by deadlines and travels plans gone awry. 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