{"id":1714,"date":"2020-01-27T13:47:44","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T13:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthewtcooke.com\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2020-03-03T01:52:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-03T01:52:42","slug":"its-okay-for-me-to-take-up-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewtcooke.com\/its-okay-for-me-to-take-up-space\/","title":{"rendered":"IT\u2019S OKAY FOR ME TO TAKE UP SPACE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1715 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/matthewtcooke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/83445015_10215645722608349_4250836708897062912_n-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\">It\u2019s okay for me to shine. To show people what I have. To have something to say. To be defined and definite in purpose.<\/p>\n<p>To say \u201cthis is my thing. I made it for you and I\u2019m proud of it. It\u2019s unlike anything you\u2019ve ever seen and it\u2019s worth your time.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a piece of my soul. So it\u2019s vulnerable, and close to my heart&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The beauty in doing that is that the deepest, most personal parts of us are also most universal to all of us.<\/p>\n<p>If you have something to express, chances are, someone else needs to experience it.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re all fractals of one another, going through similar waves of experience.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to you trusting it\u2019s okay to take up MORE space. We need you. Please step forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s okay for me to shine. To show people what I have. To have something to say. To be defined and definite in purpose.<\/p>\n<p>To say \u201cthis is my thing. I made it for you and I\u2019m proud of it. It\u2019s unlike anything you\u2019ve ever seen and it\u2019s worth your time.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a piece of my soul. So it\u2019s vulnerable, and close to my heart&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15],"tags":[16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>IT\u2019S OKAY FOR ME TO TAKE UP SPACE - Matthew Cooke<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matthewtcooke.com\/its-okay-for-me-to-take-up-space\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IT\u2019S OKAY FOR ME TO TAKE UP SPACE - Matthew Cooke\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s okay for me to shine. To show people what I have. 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