{"id":6593,"date":"2011-11-21T03:46:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T10:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/?p=6593"},"modified":"2011-11-20T04:01:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T11:01:54","slug":"hugh-macleod-begin-or-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hydle.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/hugh-macleod-begin-or-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh MacLeod – Begin or End"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThere are few things sadder than seeing someone give up. And by the same token, seeing someone walk through life waiting to wake up. These people want something out of life, but they can\u2019t put their finger on it, and so they wait. They wait for something to simply fall out of the sky and many times (if not always) their wait is in vain.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to get into a discussion about fate or whatever that would imply for a person in this situation, but sometimes one has to decide to live. Not for someone or something else–but solely for their own happiness and contentment.
\nIt can be hard, sometimes, to get out of this mindset, that things will just happen or work themselves out on their own. We have infinite potential to change our impact on the world and with the people around us.<\/p>\n

All one has to do is act.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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