{"id":2014,"date":"2014-10-11T00:57:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T04:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2014-10-11T01:25:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T05:25:09","slug":"keep-the-light-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=2014","title":{"rendered":"Keep the light on&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/rockyroad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2016\" src=\"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/rockyroad.jpg\" alt=\"rockyroad\" width=\"700\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/rockyroad.jpg 700w, https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/rockyroad-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>Some days, it seems, that I just keep getting the same message over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>It is sorta&#8217;like the old King Henry the 8th Song&#8230;. &#8220;Second verse, same as the first.&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Today,\u00a0 I had to tune in.<\/p>\n<p>There was no choice in the matter.\u00a0 And the thing that kept coming up again and again was the &#8220;importance of positive energy in our lives.&#8221;\u00a0 I overheard people talking about it.\u00a0 There were others who said it\u00a0 directly to me. I read about it&#8230; and heard it on the news.\u00a0 I saw it happening&#8230; and not happening.\u00a0\u00a0 Everywhere, it seems&#8230;. this notion&#8230; this idea&#8230; wanted itself to be known&#8230;.. &#8230;\u00a0 loud and clear.<\/p>\n<p>Positive energy&#8230; a good attitude&#8230; makes the world seem brighter.<\/p>\n<p>Our internal perspectives&#8230;. WILL in fact, reach the outside.\u00a0 They will emit through our eyes, our mouths, and through every pore of our skinny, skin, skins.\u00a0 This will touch others&#8230;. either in a good way or a bad way.\u00a0 Depending.<\/p>\n<p>It is much like being at the really fun birthday party with the big stick.\u00a0 And&#8230;&#8230; if you crack open a Pinata&#8230; and there is candy on the inside&#8230; well, by goodness&#8230; candy is going to come out and spill sweetness all over the place.\u00a0\u00a0 If there is a swarm of angry bees on the inside&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>You got it.<\/p>\n<p>On the flip side of that&#8230; some of the smallest of objects can cast some very long shadows.\u00a0\u00a0 Standing in the way of the light&#8230; in front of the light&#8230; will definitely block it.\u00a0 And as a result&#8230;. a dark shadow will prevail.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the thing.\u00a0 I know some really positive people in this world.\u00a0 I aspire to be like them.\u00a0 I want to learn from them.\u00a0\u00a0 I want to be a part of the light&#8230; and not the thing that blocks it out.<\/p>\n<p>It has been said that sometimes our choices of action might be limited.\u00a0 But the choices of our thought is not limited.\u00a0 Pinata Candy, Baby.<\/p>\n<p>I want my choices of thought&#8230;.\u00a0 to be with the light.\u00a0 It is sometimes easier said than done.\u00a0 I want to be the candy corn and Snickers Bars\u00a0 &#8230; and not the angry bees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-quote__author\"><em><strong>If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 Napoleon Hill <\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-quote__author\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-quote__author\"><em><strong>I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. &#8212; Pablo Picasso<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-quote__author\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-quote__author\">.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some days, it seems, that I just keep getting the same message over and over again. It is sorta&#8217;like the old King Henry the 8th Song&#8230;. &#8220;Second verse, same as the first.&#8221;? Today,\u00a0 I had to tune in. There was no choice in the matter.\u00a0 And the thing that kept coming up again and again [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nowyouseeit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2014"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2020,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014\/revisions\/2020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}