{"id":8925,"date":"2022-05-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=8925"},"modified":"2022-05-13T17:52:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T21:52:44","slug":"information-or-transformation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/information-or-transformation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Information or Transformation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Information or Transformation? 5\/20\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=x8znp-1226746-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We need to be able to look into a mirror and not only see, but fully believe, that the reflection we are looking at is a child of God.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We need to believe in ourselves and we can with the assistance of another person who truly cares about us.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good example of such a transformation is found in the story of <em>Dulcinea<\/em>, one of the principal characters in the musical,\u00a0<em>Man of la Mancha<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The audience learns that&nbsp;<em>Don Quixote<\/em>, the chief protagonist, lives with many illusions, most especially his idea that he is a knight errant who battles dragons in the form of windmills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of the musical as he lays dying,\u00a0<em>Don Quixote<\/em> has at his side a prostitute,\u00a0<em>Aldonza<\/em>, whom he has called throughout the play\u00a0<em>Dulcinea &#8211; Sweet One<\/em> &#8211; much to the laughter of the local townsfolk. 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