{"id":22112,"date":"2022-03-24T11:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T17:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=22112"},"modified":"2022-03-25T17:58:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T23:58:21","slug":"thankful-for-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/thankful-for-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Thankful for work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2252022175717.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2252022175717.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22121\" width=\"274\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2252022175717.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2252022175717-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">I prescribed another reading of <em>The Secret Garden<\/em> for myself because I think it holds many of the keys to a good life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love to read about Mary&#8217;s transformation from a sickly, weak, lonely girl, to one who has energy to love people and life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She had to work to get there, along with the play and self care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I tackled a closet cleanout yesterday that I have been putting off for a long time. It was a lot of work, and I was tired when I finished, but also invigorated! With this momentum, I sat down at my desk and finished some more neglected projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am thankful for the nature of work, how it forces me to move, build strength, go outside, and then it gives back the impulse to do more. Isn&#8217;t it funny how the most difficult step is usually just to begin?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want you to see Paige&#8217;s reworking of her Secret Garden illustrations, so I am prescribing a visit to her website, www.paigemclaughlinart.com. The Secret Garden project can be seen by clicking this <a href=\"https:\/\/paigemclaughlinart.com\/the-secret-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LINK<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I prescribed another reading of The Secret Garden for myself because I think it holds many of the keys to a good life. I love to read about Mary&#8217;s transformation from a sickly, weak, lonely girl, to one who has energy to love people and life. She had to work to get there, along with &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/thankful-for-work\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thankful for work<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22,9,21,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-book-reviews","category-childrens-books","category-home","category-life-according-to-angela","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22112"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22123,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22112\/revisions\/22123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}