{"id":6668,"date":"2011-01-01T03:46:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T09:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromthefrontporch.com\/WPBlog\/?p=6668"},"modified":"2023-09-18T10:45:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:45:26","slug":"a-brand-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2011\/01\/a-brand-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brand New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first day of 2011. <\/p>\n

I don’t typically make New Year’s resolutions. At any time through the year, if something in my life is causing me to fret or robbing me of serenity or time! – I try to look at it and determine if it is something that I can do differently. And I might even make a list of things to change or write something that triggers awareness in a post or in my quote journal or on the spreadsheet I use daily to track my work time. Writing it, helps me focus and be aware of when I’m doing the thing I’d like to not do or do differently.<\/p>\n

Recently I came on a translation of a Vietnamese saying which I paraphrased slightly and added a 2nd line to suit me:<\/p>\n

Exhale the negativity within you which hinders the Spirit.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Put on the armor of Light.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is as close to making a New Year’s resolution(s) as I get. It is more mantra. When I find myself sinking into anger, fear or worry – I think EXHALE – and imagine all of whatever leaving me to be replaced by the Love and Light of God. Works for me every time :)!<\/p>\n

It is a brand new year – 2011. I’m starting it in Light and Love.<\/p>\n

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Photo from blog post: October 23: Bros in the Sunshine <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Exhale the negativity within you which hinders the Spirit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-porch-musings"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21668,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6668\/revisions\/21668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}