{"id":1078,"date":"2011-12-02T10:02:35","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T15:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2011-12-02T10:02:35","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T15:02:35","slug":"dont-trip-on-the-pebbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2011\/12\/dont-trip-on-the-pebbles.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Trip on the Pebbles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Nobody trips over mountains.\u00a0 It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble.\u00a0 Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.<\/em>\u00a0 ~Author Unknown<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/files\/2011\/12\/207166_10150566829270537_758175536_18018906_565319_n2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1079\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/261\/2011\/12\/207166_10150566829270537_758175536_18018906_565319_n2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>How many times have you accomplished something difficult,\u00a0 like resisting temptation at a big party, and then messed up your plan with something trivial? \u00a0 That piece of hard Christmas candy that you don&#8217;t even really like or those leftovers you finished, even though you didn&#8217;t want them &#8212; those are the things that trip you up.<\/p>\n<p>Our challenge for today?\u00a0 Watch out for the sneaky little things with calories that add up to pounds.<\/p>\n<p><em>Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody trips over mountains.\u00a0 It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble.\u00a0 Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.\u00a0 ~Author Unknown How many times have you accomplished something difficult,\u00a0 like resisting temptation at a big party, and then messed up your plan with something&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[303,302,304],"class_list":["post-1078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helpful-tips","tag-mountains","tag-pebbles","tag-temptations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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