{"id":4755,"date":"2012-11-15T17:42:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T22:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beginnersheart\/?p=4755"},"modified":"2012-11-15T17:42:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T22:42:26","slug":"day-15-of-thanksgiving-everyday-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/2012\/11\/day-15-of-thanksgiving-everyday-moments.html","title":{"rendered":"day 15 of Thanksgiving: everyday moments ~"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>the curve of a tree limb against blue sky<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>a patch of yellow asters spangled with blue &amp; black butterflies<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>how fresh-ground coffee tastes on a cold damp morning<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>the smell of November roses<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beginnersheart\/files\/2012\/11\/pears.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4759\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/239\/2012\/11\/pears-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This is the kind of thing I&#8217;m thankful for today. Nothing spectacular, for most folks. But every now &amp; then, my very ordinary life flickers into a kind of transcendent focus, and the smallest details seem almost redemptive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Today? A fat mourning dove fluttering up from the feeding platform as I walked out to add sunflower seed. The reliable ray of warm sun that seems perfectly aimed at the rocker by the back door. The anticipation of a very ordinary meatloaf for dinner. Not to mention the scamper of a happy dog, the satisfaction of one line of poetry well-written. Or two perfectly ripe pears in a ruby glass bowl&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Look around your ordinary life&#8230; What&#8217;s crept up on you? What&#8217;s just waiting for you to notice&#8230;?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the curve of a tree limb against blue sky a patch of yellow asters spangled with blue &amp; black butterflies how fresh-ground coffee tastes on a cold damp morning the smell of November roses This is the kind of thing I&#8217;m thankful for today. Nothing spectacular, for most folks. 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