{"id":4178,"date":"2015-07-14T23:52:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T03:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2015-07-14T23:55:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T03:55:00","slug":"you-better-believe-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=4178","title":{"rendered":"You better believe it&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/flowereyelloeww.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4181\" src=\"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/flowereyelloeww.png\" alt=\"flowereyelloeww\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/flowereyelloeww.png 800w, https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/flowereyelloeww-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/trunkdkdkies.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4182\" src=\"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/trunkdkdkies.png\" alt=\"trunkdkdkies\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/trunkdkdkies.png 800w, https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/trunkdkdkies-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Believing in something can be tricky business.\u00a0\u00a0 To believe in something is to accept it as true\u2026.\u00a0 to feel sure of the truth of \u201csomething.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The capacity of the human brain is phenomenal.<br \/>\nOur ability of \u201cthought power\u201d holds incredible capabilities.<br \/>\nWhat we think, we do.\u00a0 What we believe\u2026 truly believe\u2026 becomes truth for us.<\/p>\n<p>People believe in a lot of different things.<\/p>\n<p>I always feel like I equivocate.\u00a0 I believe in a LOT of things\u2026 but I don\u2019t know if any of them are true in existence.\u00a0 There are always many possibilities, I think.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not smart enough to know the secrets of all the Universe.<br \/>\nAre there Pearly Gates?\u00a0 I don\u2019t know one way or the other.<br \/>\nSame goes for Forest Faeries.\u00a0 And Ghosts.<\/p>\n<p>We can see things happen in our lives that may point us in one direction or the other.\u00a0 But can we ever, ever, ever\u2026 really be sure.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time I believed in Santa Claus.\u00a0 I had proof too.\u00a0 I saw his stories on TV and read about them in books.\u00a0 I saw his photo in the newspaper, and such.\u00a0 Smarter people than me told me great stories about him.\u00a0 AND.\u00a0 Every Christmas Morning\u2026 he would leave me gifts under our Christmas Tree, and in my stocking by the fireplace.\u00a0 From, Santa.<\/p>\n<p>Who else would have put on such a hoax if it were not true.\u00a0 Much later in life, I learned that there may have been other possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Believe in YOURS. It is important that ALL of US do.\u00a0 But tread lightly.\u00a0 Mine and yours may not be the same.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>&#8212; William James<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Believe you can and you&#8217;re halfway there.<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>&#8212; Theodore Roosevelt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Believing in something can be tricky business.\u00a0\u00a0 To believe in something is to accept it as true\u2026.\u00a0 to feel sure of the truth of \u201csomething.\u201d The capacity of the human brain is phenomenal. Our ability of \u201cthought power\u201d holds incredible capabilities. What we think, we do.\u00a0 What we believe\u2026 truly believe\u2026 becomes truth for us. 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