Glitter and Glue.<\/em> The book is based on a comment her mother once made. It seems in their family her father was the glitter and her mother was the glue. I knew I had to blog about that.<\/p>\nWhat a wonderful metaphor! Then I thought about Mardi Gras this week. Talk about glitter! But have you ever seen Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Ash Wednesday morning? It\u2019s not pretty. It is, however, quite an affront to our olfactory and visual abilities. Glitter can make quite the mess. Even on greeting cards, it\u2019s the glue that holds (most) of the glitter in place for our enjoyment.<\/p>\n
Whether it\u2019s greeting cards or fantastic costumes at Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnival in Rio, there\u2019s an awful lot of structure, fasteners, stitching and, of course, glue that allow us to enjoy the sparkle of pageantry and spectacle. The same is true of our lives. We can\u2019t have the freedom to express our personal glitter in life if we don\u2019t have a firm foundation gluing our consciousness to immutable principles.<\/p>\n
Perhaps you can join me in noticing when you are the glitter and when you are the glue as you move through the next few days. Let go of \u201ctrying\u201d to be yourself and just \u201cbe\u201d your authentic self. Don\u2019t know how to do that? Start with eliminating the judgment you hold on your hopes and dreams. Add to that a willingness to give up the desire to please everyone around you and begin to embrace a higher level of self-care than you\u2019ve experienced before now.<\/p>\n
In Spirit, Truth and Playfulness,<\/p>\n
Terry<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I came upon a delightful book in my travels this week. The author is Kelly Corrigan (http:\/\/kellycorrigan.com) and her new work is entitled, Glitter and Glue. The book is based on a comment her mother once made. It seems in their family her father was the glitter and her mother was the glue. I knew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1674,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,85,82],"tags":[199,200,6,198,202,23,24,201,203],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finding-peace","category-spiritual-living-2","category-spirituality-2","tag-ash-wednesday","tag-authentic","tag-centers-for-spiritual-living","tag-mardi-gras","tag-principle","tag-religious-science","tag-science-of-mind","tag-self-love","tag-terry-drew-karanen"],"yoast_head":"\n
\u201cThe Glitter and the Glue\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I came upon a delightful book in my travels this week. The author is Kelly Corrigan (http:\/\/kellycorrigan.com) and her new work is entitled, Glitter and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cThe Glitter and the Glue\u201d\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I came upon a delightful book in my travels this week. The author is Kelly Corrigan (http:\/\/kellycorrigan.com) and her new work is entitled, Glitter and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Principles of Spiritual Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-05T10:35:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-03-04T20:53:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Terry Drew Karanen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Terry Drew Karanen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/\",\"name\":\"\u201cThe Glitter and the Glue\u201d\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-05T10:35:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-03-04T20:53:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/#\/schema\/person\/94f53f71f7560d506ff8e9467e32e734\"},\"description\":\"I came upon a delightful book in my travels this week. The author is Kelly Corrigan (http:\/\/kellycorrigan.com) and her new work is entitled, Glitter and\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u201cThe Glitter and the Glue\u201d\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/\",\"name\":\"The Principles of Spiritual Living\",\"description\":\"Centers for Spiritual Living\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/#\/schema\/person\/94f53f71f7560d506ff8e9467e32e734\",\"name\":\"Terry Drew Karanen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46aeb18752df907c4ea9fd624db48dd6?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46aeb18752df907c4ea9fd624db48dd6?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Terry Drew Karanen\"},\"description\":\"Terry is a published author, blogger, minister with Centers for Spiritual Living and a career flight attendant. He is the director for Spirit, Mind and Body Foundation, a Focus Minster of Centers for Spiritual Living. http:\/\/spiritmindbodyfoundation.org\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/terrydrewkaranen.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/author\/terrydrewkaranen\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u201cThe Glitter and the Glue\u201d","description":"I came upon a delightful book in my travels this week. The author is Kelly Corrigan (http:\/\/kellycorrigan.com) and her new work is entitled, Glitter and","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cThe Glitter and the Glue\u201d","og_description":"I came upon a delightful book in my travels this week. The author is Kelly Corrigan (http:\/\/kellycorrigan.com) and her new work is entitled, Glitter and","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/","og_site_name":"The Principles of Spiritual Living","article_published_time":"2014-03-05T10:35:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-03-04T20:53:23+00:00","author":"Terry Drew Karanen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Terry Drew Karanen","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/","name":"\u201cThe Glitter and the Glue\u201d","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-03-05T10:35:55+00:00","dateModified":"2014-03-04T20:53:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/#\/schema\/person\/94f53f71f7560d506ff8e9467e32e734"},"description":"I came upon a delightful book in my travels this week. The author is Kelly Corrigan (http:\/\/kellycorrigan.com) and her new work is entitled, Glitter and","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/03\/the-glitter-and-the-glue\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u201cThe Glitter and the Glue\u201d"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/","name":"The Principles of Spiritual Living","description":"Centers for Spiritual Living","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/#\/schema\/person\/94f53f71f7560d506ff8e9467e32e734","name":"Terry Drew Karanen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46aeb18752df907c4ea9fd624db48dd6?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46aeb18752df907c4ea9fd624db48dd6?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Terry Drew Karanen"},"description":"Terry is a published author, blogger, minister with Centers for Spiritual Living and a career flight attendant. He is the director for Spirit, Mind and Body Foundation, a Focus Minster of Centers for Spiritual Living. http:\/\/spiritmindbodyfoundation.org","sameAs":["http:\/\/terrydrewkaranen.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/author\/terrydrewkaranen\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1674"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}