{"id":818,"date":"2012-10-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=818"},"modified":"2012-10-08T18:50:01","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T22:50:01","slug":"motivation-monday-if-your-dreams-dont-scare-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/22\/motivation-monday-if-your-dreams-dont-scare-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Motivation Monday &#8211; If Your Dreams Don&#8217;t Scare You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mm1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-824\" title=\"mm\" src=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mm1-190x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mm1-190x300.jpg 190w, http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/mm1.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Dream big.\u00a0 Dream so big that it terrifies you.\u00a0 Because you can do it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I am terrified of running a marathon in January.\u00a0 It is a long race.\u00a0 It requires a lot of training, both mental and physical.\u00a0 I know I can do it, but sometimes I worry that I can&#8217;t do it.\u00a0 It scares me.\u00a0 I&#8217;m scared that I won&#8217;t finish.\u00a0 I&#8217;m scared I will be swept from the course or I will have to give up.\u00a0 I&#8217;m scared I won&#8217;t get that amazing medal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But is it stopping me?\u00a0 Absolutely not.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a big dream for me and I&#8217;m going to do it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What&#8217;s your big, scary dream?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dream big.\u00a0 Dream so big that it terrifies you.\u00a0 Because you can do it. 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