{"id":3105,"date":"2012-03-02T15:24:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T20:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beginnersheart\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2012-03-02T15:24:39","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T20:24:39","slug":"cat-videos-and-joy-reprised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/2012\/03\/cat-videos-and-joy-reprised.html","title":{"rendered":"cat videos and joy reprised ~"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cat Stuck in a Box\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HP3TyjOLfJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">There are so many ways this seems to me a metaphor for my practice: attachment, stuck, boxed in :). But my real purpose for posting this was far simpler: it made me laugh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">And some days, that&#8217;s what you need most.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Enjoy ~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many ways this seems to me a metaphor for my practice: attachment, stuck, boxed in :). But my real purpose for posting this was far simpler: it made me laugh. And some days, that&#8217;s what you need most. 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