{"id":16,"date":"2013-01-14T23:22:45","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T04:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/?p=16"},"modified":"2013-01-17T20:02:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T01:02:54","slug":"dont-be-afraid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Be Afraid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/?attachment_id=48\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-48 alignleft\" alt=\"Soleil\" src=\"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/soleil-300x300.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/soleil-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/soleil-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/soleil-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/soleil.jpg 1092w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>My parents are raising me so that I can stand out, and not be afraid to be myself.\u00a0 This is an amazingly important lesson, but sometimes I feel anxious about staying true to myself outside of my nuclear family.\u00a0 It\u2019s even hard to be myself amongst extended family and friends for fear of disappointing them.<\/p>\n<p>I often think to myself, \u201cStanding out will be simple!\u201d If you have tried, you probably know, it\u2019s easier said than done.\u00a0 We worry about being pushed back in to our mental closet, criticized, and alone.\u00a0 You HAVE to remember, others have trouble being their true selves, also.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe they aren\u2019t different the way you are, but that doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t have similar feelings. By attempting to be how you truly are, no matter how, where, and when, you are already becoming a Linchpin.\u00a0 You ARE important. You are an artist, and no matter how challenging, you can become, <i>yourself.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My parents are raising me so that I can stand out, and not be afraid to be myself.\u00a0 This is an amazingly important lesson, but sometimes I feel anxious about staying true to myself outside of my nuclear family.\u00a0 It\u2019s <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/?p=16\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soleil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raisinglinchpins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}