{"id":40,"date":"2009-08-14T04:38:46","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T04:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/08\/martha-grahams-prayer.html"},"modified":"2009-08-14T04:38:46","modified_gmt":"2009-08-14T04:38:46","slug":"martha-grahams-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/08\/martha-grahams-prayer.html","title":{"rendered":"Martha Graham&#8217;s Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A really wonderful actress friend of mine, Karen Fitzgerald, turned me on to this beautiful prayer or statement of purpose from Modern Dance pioneer&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martha_Graham\">Martha Graham<\/a>. I&#8217;d like to share it with you:<\/p>\n<p>There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening<br \/>That is translated through you into action,<br \/>And because there is only one of you in all of time<br \/>This expression is unique,<br \/>And if you block it,<br \/>It will never exist through any other medium,<br \/>And be lost. &nbsp;<br \/>The world will not have it.<br \/>It is not your business to determine how good it is,<br \/>Nor how valuable, or how it compares with other expressions.<br \/>It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly,<br \/>To stay open and aware to the urges that motivate you.<\/p>\n<p>Martha Graham<br \/>Choreographer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern dance pioneer Martha Graham&#8217;s statement of purpose than can inspire us all, shared here by Living a Charmed Life author Victoria Moran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wise-words-from-cool-people"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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