{"id":65,"date":"2011-09-20T22:04:48","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T02:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apertureoflight\/?p=65"},"modified":"2011-09-20T22:06:16","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T02:06:16","slug":"hiking-upwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apertureoflight\/2011\/09\/hiking-upwards.html","title":{"rendered":"Hiking Upwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/272\/2011\/09\/Eric-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-66\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/272\/2011\/09\/Eric-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I am hiking I feel very much at peace. \u00a0I can get away from the busyness of life and enjoy the beauty around me. \u00a0Sometimes I just sit and watch nature at work. \u00a0It also makes me think deeper about myself. \u00a0I come back refreshed because my mind has been cleared, even if only for a little while.&#8221; &#8211; Eric<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This photo was taken on one of my favorite hikes in the Shenandoah National Park at Old Rag Mountain. \u00a0There are amazing views at the top \u00a0and it is a beautiful place to sit and reflect!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When I am hiking I feel very much at peace. \u00a0I can get away from the busyness of life and enjoy the beauty around me. \u00a0Sometimes I just sit and watch nature at work. \u00a0It also makes me think deeper about myself. \u00a0I come back refreshed because my mind has been cleared, even if only&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":431,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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