{"id":1542,"date":"2013-01-07T14:04:04","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T19:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/?p=1542"},"modified":"2013-01-07T14:46:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T19:46:38","slug":"light-as-a-feather-tough-as-dragon-scales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/07\/light-as-a-feather-tough-as-dragon-scales\/","title":{"rendered":"Light as a Feather, & Tough as Dragon Scales!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Light as a feather, and tough as dragon scales!”\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

That was a quote an online retailer used to describe a pair of running shoes I’m considering buying. I love that quote! It paints such a fun and captivating picture in my mind\u00a0—\u00a0one that makes me think about Love. Wouldn’t that quote be a wonderful way to define Love? It also gets me thinking about my soul. I want to make it a lifelong priority to forge a soul that can be defined using that quote. I feel like I was born with such a soul, and then it got buried a bit. Now I see my task as one that involves looking for beams of its never-ending light, while clearing life’s rubble and dust so it can once again be restored to its original from-the-factory condition…one that was\/is radiant and pristine…one that serves as a beacon to remind me that I’m still<\/em>, “light as a feather, and tough as dragon scales!”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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