{"id":233,"date":"2008-08-28T22:43:22","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T05:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/are-you-ready-for-change"},"modified":"2024-12-25T22:55:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T06:55:04","slug":"are-you-ready-for-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/are-you-ready-for-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you ready for change?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight, we witnessed history as Barack Obama accepted the democratic nomination. <\/p>\n

Regardless of where you fall on along party lines, Barack’s story is nothing short of inspiring<\/a>. Watch my thoughts on his message of “change” and not what it means in politics, but what change can mean for our own life situations!<\/p>\n

(This isn’t political… this is motivational. This is about change in “our” own lives!)<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

On another note, check out Jennifer Hudson singing the National Anthem at the DNC:<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n

What do you think about what I’ve said? I want to hear from *YOU*!<\/p>\n

What can you change in your own life? What’s stayed the way it is for a while and MUST be changed? Are you not willing to change? Let me know below… I read every comment :).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\n<\/div>\n

Tonight, we witnessed history as Barack Obama accepted the democratic nomination. <\/p>\n

Regardless of where you fall along party lines, Barack’s story is nothing short of inspiring. <\/p>\n

Hear my thoughts on his message of “change” and not what it means in politics, but what change can mean for our own life situations!<\/p>\n

(This isn’t political… this is motivational. This is about change in “our” own lives!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[341],"tags":[464,465,388,387],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motivation-self-improvement","tag-barack-obama","tag-change","tag-inspiration","tag-motivation","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"\nAre you ready for change? - Hear and Play Music Learning Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/are-you-ready-for-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are you ready for change? - Hear and Play Music Learning Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tonight, we witnessed history as Barack Obama accepted the democratic nomination. 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