{"id":20636,"date":"2015-03-30T20:14:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T01:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=20636"},"modified":"2015-03-31T06:56:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T11:56:01","slug":"the-faith-walk-in-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=20636","title":{"rendered":"The Faith Walk in the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thoreau lived in the turbulent times of the mid nineteenth century.
\nRachel lives in the turmoil of today. <\/p>\n

Thoreau sought nature. “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
\nRachel seeks nature to bring her solace from her overwhelming life. <\/p>\n

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Forgive the use of third person, I’m feeling detached, disassociated.
\nRachel is exhausted by a life well lived and needs to replenish, and the only place that holds sanctuary is in nature herself.
\nThe Mother. <\/p>\n

Rachel lay in the hammock by Bayou St. John, where many a times she has watched fishermen with a deep seated respect tinged with envy.
\nThoreau said, “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”<\/p>\n

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Rachel is overwhelmed by work that barely pays the bills or replenishes the soul, and she knows the work that needs to be done to heal the world, but it’s a balancing act. <\/p>\n

Thoreau wrote: If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
\nRachel acknowledges Thoreau for setting an example, and she continues to walk the faith walk despite it sometimes feels akin to swimming through jello. <\/p>\n

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When Rachel looks up, she likes what she sees. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thoreau lived in the turbulent times of the mid nineteenth century. Rachel lives in the turmoil of today. Thoreau sought nature. “An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” Rachel seeks nature to bring her solace from her overwhelming life. Forgive the use of third person, I’m feeling detached, disassociated. Rachel is exhausted by a life well lived and needs to replenish, and the only place that holds sanctuary is in nature herself.… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kHSD-5mQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20641,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20636\/revisions\/20641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}