{"id":283,"date":"2020-12-11T21:16:34","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T21:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teresaortell.com\/?p=283"},"modified":"2020-12-11T21:16:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T21:16:34","slug":"look-beyond-the-wrapping-this-gift-giving-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/?p=283","title":{"rendered":"Look Beyond the Wrapping this Gift-Giving Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/gift-david-olivier-gascon-e1607721284462.jpg\" alt=\"Gift\" class=\"wp-image-285\" width=\"436\" height=\"291\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We are all gifts, wrapped in small or large boxes that are decorated with assorted paper, ribbons and embellishments. Some are fancy, some are rustic, and some are artsy. When we look at all the packages, we can\u2019t always guess what is on the inside. The decorations hide what is inside. You can shake it, hold it up to the light and still not know what it is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes we judge a package by its appearance. We are sure the fanciest, largest present contains the biggest, most valuable gift. \u00a0That is not always the case, however. The truth is that each of us are like those packages that look different on the outside but deep inside there is an amazing, precious jewel &#8230; our soul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How many times do we judge others by the way they look on the outside, by their color, their behavior or any other outward thing? Inside we are all the same, no matter how we look on the outside. Each one of us is created as a gift, with a precious jewel inside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next time you are tempted to judge someone, believe they are inferior, or feel that we are less than, look beyond the outside packaging and see the precious jewel that is in each of us. We are more alike than different, no matter what the outside wrapping. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Christmas make it a priority to look deeper into those hearts and see the precious jewel in each and every person and as you do know that you are a valuable jewel too. It\u2019s easier to see the value in others when you know your own value. Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are all gifts, wrapped in small or large boxes that are decorated with assorted paper, ribbons and embellishments. Some are fancy, some are rustic, and some are artsy. When we look at all the packages, we can\u2019t always guess what is on the inside. The decorations hide what is inside. You can shake it, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/?p=283\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Look Beyond the Wrapping this Gift-Giving Season&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}