{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"East Meets West","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/eastmeetswest","author_name":"douglasdavis","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/eastmeetswest\/author\/douglasdavis","title":"The Surest Things Can Change - East Meets West","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FIVe1lfxfq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/eastmeetswest\/2015\/05\/the-surest-things-can-change.html\">The Surest Things Can Change<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/eastmeetswest\/2015\/05\/the-surest-things-can-change.html\/embed#?secret=FIVe1lfxfq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Surest Things Can Change&#8221; &#8212; East Meets West\" data-secret=\"FIVe1lfxfq\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"I am borrowing a title from a Gino Vanelli song ( yeah the 70s) as a theme for this conversation.\u00a0 Percy Bysshe Shelly was among the first to memorialize this theme in his famous poem Mutability. \u00a0According to Shelly, \u201cnaught may endure but mutability.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0In essence, the only thing that lasts is change.\u00a0 This is&hellip;"}