{"id":2348,"date":"2012-07-25T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T20:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewliberty.com\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2012-07-25T13:14:11","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T20:14:11","slug":"easier-said-than-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/matthewliberty\/2012\/07\/25\/easier-said-than-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Easier said than done"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 159px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/9190979@N08\/5124290622\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Wounded soldier playing golf\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1181\/5124290622_17cd6a8f9d_m.jpg\" alt=\"Wounded soldier playing golf\" width=\"159\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">I suppose this wounded soldier could have said &#8220;easier said than done&#8221;&#8230;but he didn&#8217;t.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shut up\u2026just SHUT UP!!<\/p>\n<p>You know why it\u2019s easier said than done? Because you want it to be that way. Change your perspective and shift your thinking. Life is not easy\u2026or is it? When something is difficult it is because WE label it difficult. What if you said \u201ceasier done then said\u201d rather than \u201ceasier said than done\u201d? What if?? Why do WE make things harder than they need to be?<\/p>\n<p>You want to lose weight? You want a new job? You want to ask that girl out? You want to take that trip to Paris? What is stopping you? Are you afraid? Do you lack the motivation? Are you lazy? Are you unwilling to put in the work to make that thing happen? Nobody is preventing you from losing weight, getting that other job, asking that girl out, or going to Paris\u2026nothing except you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"height: 15px;margin-top: 10px\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: currentColor;float: right\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=d777f7ae-67a8-4ddd-a57f-a47ef2ec14d2\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shut up\u2026just SHUT UP!! You know why it\u2019s easier said than done? Because you want it to be that way. 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