{"id":423,"date":"2015-01-10T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/inspiration\/?p=423"},"modified":"2015-03-13T20:29:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T02:29:41","slug":"let-it-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/inspiration\/2015\/01\/let-it-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Let it go"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Imagine for a moment that you can let go of your need for validation, and just be one hundred percent who you are with the full power of your being. Think of what you would say if you had no need to impress or impose or influence. Consider what you could do if you were free to follow your own most sincere priorities.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, you can. In fact, there is immense value in the authentic reality of who you are. When you\u2019re not worried about what others might think, you can tap into the full power of what you truly think. When you\u2019re not seeking to gain favor or polish your reputation, you can create new and wonderful things that have never existed before.<\/p>\n<p>You are already as important as anyone could possibly be, because you\u2019re a unique, living expression of the miracle of existence. How could you even consider comparing yourself in importance to anyone or anything else, when every little grain of the universe plays a key role in the incomparable importance of being?<\/p>\n<p>To get hung up on what other people say, or do, or how they look at you is nothing but a waste of your precious and powerful awareness. 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