{"id":4948,"date":"2020-04-28T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=4948"},"modified":"2020-04-27T15:20:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T19:20:20","slug":"has-your-soul-been-crushed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/has-your-soul-been-crushed\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Your Soul Been Crushed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Has Your Soul Been Crushed? 4\/28\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/6pgh7-da9996?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In his second year at college, Martin Short, the actor, comedian, singer and writer,&nbsp;&nbsp;lived at home, helping to care for his&nbsp;sick&nbsp;father.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is what he says about this tragic moment:&nbsp;<em>&#8220;When my dad died at the end of my sophomore year, I stopped and took stock of my life. There was this real sense that my childhood was officially over. I decided that I wanted to be an actor. I knew I was loved as a kid. The thing you can always rely on, your core person, comes from your family&#8217;s attention and love.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWhen my mother got&nbsp;sick, and I&#8217;d see her fight to survive, it gave me an early view of bravery and what life was about. I was able to prepare for it. Your mother dies, and you&#8217;re 18, and you face a choice. Are you going to take drugs? Become a drunk?&nbsp;<strong>Or are you going to try to become more spiritual? Why not go with the thing that seems more positive?&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then he thought for a moment: <strong><em>&#8220;Why do I tend to be optimistic?&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>  Then Short answered his own question:\u00a0<strong><em>&#8220;Because the alternative is just crushing to my soul.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had to face the same question myself that Martin Short faced. My own mother died when I was 18. She was the dearest person I\u2019ve ever had in my entire life. I was a senior in High School. I was forced to make a choice\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Did I want to do something \u201cto crush my soul?\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;Or did I want to do something to liberate my deep pain and grief, so as to feed and nurture my soul?&nbsp;&nbsp;This coronavirus pandemic is forcing many of us to make a similar choice.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Consider how a certain event in YOUR LIFE has determined WHO YOU ARE as a person, soul and body and how you have cared for your soul. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Is God giving YOU a \u201cWake-up Call\u201d during this time of the pandemic?<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have you told your Pastor, Priest or Minister about these\u00a0<em>Daily Treats<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Treats for the Soul?<\/em> They might well benefit from them and invite your congregation to Subscribe. Please share with them what you enjoy:  <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/\">www.TreatsfortheSoul.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his second year at college, Martin Short, the actor, comedian, singer and writer,&nbsp;&nbsp;lived at home, helping to care for his&nbsp;sick&nbsp;father.&nbsp; Here is what he says about this tragic moment:&nbsp;&#8220;When my dad died at the end of my sophomore year, I stopped and took stock of my life. 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