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For my second weekend motivational post, I want to share a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson…<\/p>\nFor my second weekend motivational post, I want to share a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson…<\/p>\n
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Regardless of what you’ve faced and even overcome in the past, and prepare to encounter in the future, none of this is greater than the powers you hold within. Take the focus off external things and focus on who you have to become because everything else is “tiny” compared to YOU.<\/p>\n
The bible says “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.”<\/p>\n
All the best —<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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