{"id":1252,"date":"2017-07-30T14:26:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T19:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2019-07-30T10:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T15:38:35","slug":"if-i-could","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/30\/if-i-could\/","title":{"rendered":"If I Could\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"<\/h6>\n
If I could stop the rain. I would not. For at the end, there\u2019s<\/h6>\n
a beautiful rainbow…<\/h6>\n
If I could keep from falling down. I would not. That\u2019s how we<\/h6>\n
learn to get back up…<\/h6>\n
If I could make every tear cease, and stop every disappointment,<\/h6>\n
I wouldn\u2019t do that either because at the end of those tears a beautiful smile<\/h6>\n
appears…<\/h6>\n
Struggles create endurance, endurance causes persistence,<\/h6>\n
persistence creates dreams, and dreams become reality.<\/h6>\n
If I knew then, what I know now, I\u2019d still live my life just<\/h6>\n
the way I have. Because without that path I would have never learned the lessons<\/h6>\n
that make me who I am. By the grace of God; I became a person of deep<\/h6>\n
compassion, merciful, humbled and forgiven.<\/h6>\n
We will make mistakes, we will go through many heartaches<\/h6>\n
and setbacks and trials that torment the soul\u2026<\/h6>\n
But every tear; every heartache; every trial that comes and\u00a0rips us apart<\/h6>\n
it\u00a0tears at our being and shapes us,\u00a0into who we are supposed to be…<\/h6>\n
We could become bitter and waste our lives, but I pray we<\/h6>\n
become better and live a life of honor…Strong and courageous!<\/h6>\n
Celebrate the joy when it comes and the sorrow; embrace loved ones before<\/h6>\n
they go; we never know when this life will be cut short…<\/h6>\n
And remember…always, always, that…love is better than hate!!!!<\/h6>\n
By: Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill,\u00a0 July 30, 2014 revised July 30, 2017<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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