{"id":27196,"date":"2017-02-13T15:46:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T20:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=27196"},"modified":"2017-02-13T16:38:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T21:38:07","slug":"us-carrie-beleno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=27196","title":{"rendered":"This Is Us &#8211; By Carrie Beleno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Are you one of the 10 million people watching, and loving, this new TV show?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I wake up with the theme, message and\/or metaphor in my head and heart when it&#8217;s time to blog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today it was <em>This Is Us<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Have you noticed the sheer number of topics covered each week that focus on acceptance? Divorce, ethnicity, race, adoption, death, abandonment, sexual orientation, body image, wealth, poverty, addictions? And somehow, through it all, the characters find and demonstrate acceptance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I know, I know, TV is a fantasy world, right? But what if WE took our cue from this fantasy? I mean, we do it all the time, don&#8217;t we? Often emulating and revering our pop, film, sports and even the &#8220;15 minutes of fame&#8221; news stars?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What if we adopted the notion that &#8220;this is US&#8221; and not &#8220;this is US <em>against <\/em>THEM?&#8221; Drop the blame that everything is &#8220;their&#8221; fault?<\/span>\u00a0 &#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carriebeleno.com\/blog\/this-is-us\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 8pt;\">continue<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carriebeleno.com\/blog\/this-is-us\" target=\"_blank\">You can read this article on Carrie&#8217;s blog by clicking here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/belenocenter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Be sure to visit and like the Beleno Spiritual Healing Center on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Connect with Carrie on social media:<\/h2>\n<div>\n<table width=\"646\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carriebeleno.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8142 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/www.jpg\" alt=\"www\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carriebeleno.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.carriebeleno.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Carrie-Beleno-MediumIntuitive-Reiki-MasterSpiritual-Teacher-413473448827616\/timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8105 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/facebook.jpg\" alt=\"facebook\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Carrie-Beleno-MediumIntuitive-Reiki-MasterSpiritual-Teacher-413473448827616\/timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie Beleno, Medium\/Intuitive Reiki Master\/Spiritual Teacher<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carriebeleno\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8104 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/twitter.jpg\" alt=\"twitter\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carriebeleno\" target=\"_blank\">@carriebeleno<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/carrie-beleno\/b9\/6b7\/710\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8101 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/linkedin.jpg\" alt=\"linkedin\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/carrie-beleno\/b9\/6b7\/710\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie Beleno<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a class=\"fbx-link fbx-instance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/YouTube.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8108\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8108 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/YouTube.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCTVQnZCYlTXgHJEsTtmShZg\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Carrie on YouTube<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you one of the 10 million people watching, and loving, this new TV show? 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