{"id":793,"date":"2013-10-11T11:40:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T15:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=793"},"modified":"2013-10-11T11:40:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T15:40:59","slug":"wisdom-naps-and-a-blue-skirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/?p=793","title":{"rendered":"Wisdom, Naps and a Blue Skirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I like this and should remind myself to read it more often. \u00a0Maybe even send myself this post occasionally? \u00a0This Swami was full of great wisdom nuggets (Google him).<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Self-acceptance comes from meeting life&#8217;s challenges vigorously. \u00a0Don&#8217;t numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. \u00a0You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. \u00a0You will peace not in denial, but in victory.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Swami Sivananda<\/span> (1887-1963): spiritual leader, author, physician<\/p>\n<p>An now for a little Friday levity.<\/p>\n<p>This is what my dog looked like when he woke-up from his nap last night:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/popnap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-794\" alt=\"popnap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/popnap-225x300.jpg\" width=\"158\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/popnap-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/popnap-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/popnap.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-skirt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-795 alignleft\" title=\"Bubble Butt\" alt=\"blue skirt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-skirt-238x300.jpg\" width=\"143\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-skirt-238x300.jpg 238w, http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-skirt-813x1024.jpg 813w, http:\/\/www.surfacefine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/blue-skirt.jpg 942w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And in honor of <a href=\"http:\/\/diabetessocmed.com\/wdd-blue-fridays-initative\/\">Blue Friday<\/a>, I&#8217;m sporting a very <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">blue<\/span> skirt today. \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDDBlueFridays\">Are YOU wearing <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BLUE<\/span><\/a><\/strong>?\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">#blueFridays \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>xo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I like this and should remind myself to read it more often. \u00a0Maybe even send myself this post occasionally? 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