Blurring the edges of a "filled" shape

I am not sure how to accomplish this.... I have to add shapes with lower opacity on occasio to help text jump out; but would really like to treat the edges maybe blurring them, or something rather than the straight line. Any advise?
Thanks!

To blur the edges on a shape:
1) Select the Rectangular Marquee tool. Create a square in the shape letting enough space free for the blur
2) Go to Select > Feather and use a setting of 10 pixels or so then click on OK.
3) Select inverse.
4) Cut selection.
If you want the text to pop out here are some other things to try.
1) Use Inner and Outer Shadows
2) Use a Pillow Emboss
3) Use a Blurred Stroke (I did this by creating a layer for the Stroke and Blurring it with blurring the text)
Edited: Sorry I misread this at first.

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