{"id":42,"date":"2015-07-28T04:15:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T04:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teresaortell.com\/?p=42"},"modified":"2017-12-14T03:12:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T03:12:34","slug":"when-life-stands-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/?p=42","title":{"rendered":"When Life Stands Still      7\/27\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HammockSunsetWine_1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-162 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HammockSunsetWine_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HammockSunsetWine_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HammockSunsetWine_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HammockSunsetWine_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HammockSunsetWine_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Some of the best things in life come when we are not looking for them&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This wonderful advice came \u00a0from a very kind and remarkably wise young firefighter. \u00a0I was lamenting that things were stagnant in my life in one particular area. \u00a0I told him that\u00a0I was beginning to give up hope. \u00a0He reminded me that at times the best plan is no plan. \u00a0Just relax and let life happen. \u00a0He is so right.<\/p>\n<p>Is there something in your life you wish could be different? \u00a0 Longing for that special someone to come along? \u00a0Why not take some time and just get out there with friends and enjoy life? \u00a0<!--more-->No worries about meeting that perfect person. \u00a0Invite some friends over for some food and cards.\u00a0\u00a0Host a neighborhood party. \u00a0Volunteer in your church or community. \u00a0Take a class at your local library. \u00a0Whatever it is, forget about the chase and enjoy the\u00a0<em><strong>NOW<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>God is in control and will bring you what is best in His own time. \u00a0<em><strong>Trust<\/strong><\/em> in the future, take your hands off the wheel and just breathe. \u00a0Enjoy your life at whatever point you are right now.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that <em><strong>ALL GOOD THINGS WILL COME TO YOU IF YOU CREATE A POSITIVE SPACE FOR THEM IN YOUR LIFE.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Peaceful waiting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Teresa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Some of the best things in life come when we are not looking for them&#8221;. This wonderful advice came \u00a0from a very kind and remarkably wise young firefighter. \u00a0I was lamenting that things were stagnant in my life in one particular area. \u00a0I told him that\u00a0I was beginning to give up hope. \u00a0He reminded me &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/?p=42\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When Life Stands Still      7\/27\/2015&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teresaortell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}