{"id":151156,"date":"2012-09-22T09:35:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T06:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/when-you-decide\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:35:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T09:35:59","slug":"when-you-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/en\/when-you-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"When you Decide to Work on Something"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cNaturally, when you decide to work on something, you will encounter much of its opposite.<\/em><\/p>\n

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For example, when you want to develop patience, you get every red light, every traffic jam, and the longest queue at the supermarket.<\/em>
When you are learning to be more loving, you often run into people and situations that make you want to teleport to another universe.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013Michael Tamura, You Are the Answer<\/em>, p. 192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Note: The quotations are translated from Bulgarian and are not presented as verbatim citations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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