{"id":129,"date":"2011-08-01T14:42:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T14:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikeservis.com\/blog\/?p=129"},"modified":"2011-08-01T14:42:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T14:42:15","slug":"let-go-of-the-trying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/01\/let-go-of-the-trying\/","title":{"rendered":"Let go of the trying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let go of the trying<br \/>\n+++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re trying hard and not making any progress, quit<br \/>\ntrying. Quit trying and start being.<\/p>\n<p>When you see yourself as trying, you don&#8217;t see yourself as<br \/>\nsucceeding. The perception and perspective of trying makes<br \/>\neverything into a struggle.<\/p>\n<p>There is great value within you. Allow it to come out,<br \/>\nnaturally and without a fight.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of trying to get to some other point, give your love<br \/>\nand attention to doing your very best right where you are,<br \/>\nwith what you have. Instead of seeing yourself as not there<br \/>\nyet, be thankful that you are right where you are meant to<br \/>\nbe.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, by all means envision a bright future in which your<br \/>\ndreams are fulfilled. And see how everything that comes your<br \/>\nway is the unfolding of that beautiful future.<\/p>\n<p>Let go of the trying and let yourself make purposeful,<br \/>\neffective efforts. Let go of the judgments, and let each<br \/>\nmoment of your positive energy bring new richness to life.<\/p>\n<p>Ralph Marston<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let go of the trying +++++++++++++++++++ If you&#8217;re trying hard and not making any progress, quit trying. Quit trying and start being. When you see yourself as trying, you don&#8217;t see yourself as succeeding. The perception and perspective of trying &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/01\/let-go-of-the-trying\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1SD9H-25","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeservis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}