{"id":4733,"date":"2022-02-14T00:03:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T05:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/?p=4733"},"modified":"2025-04-21T09:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:46:04","slug":"hopes-and-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brighteyedsmiles.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/14\/hopes-and-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Hopes and Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4733\" class=\"elementor elementor-4733\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-643c776 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"643c776\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-436e0e93\" data-id=\"436e0e93\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60fb5836 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60fb5836\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well hello!  <b>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/b>  My wish for you, my dear reader, is that you feel at least one moment of whimsy and magic today.  Regardless if you have a special someone, or if you are celebrating with friends, please take the time to show yourself some healthy self-love.  <\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Challenge<\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Today&#8217;s post is simply a challenge post.  Set aside some time, at least 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>First, write down all your hopes on one side of a paper.  List as much as you possibly can think of.  <\/li>\n<li>Second, write down the competing fears on the other half of the paper. Don&#8217;t get too dark&#8230; write them and move on. <\/li>\n<li>Third, if you feel comfortable, share (out loud or in writing) your lists with someone you trust and would like to become closer to.  <\/li>\n<li>Finally, tear off the side which has the fears, crumble the paper up and literally bury it.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From this moment forward, think only of your hopes, imagine them without hesitation. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well hello! Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day. My wish for you, my dear reader, is that you feel at least one moment of whimsy and magic today. 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