{"id":194,"date":"2009-03-10T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/03\/fresh-morning-how-to-find-kindred-spirits.html"},"modified":"2009-03-10T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T05:00:00","slug":"fresh-morning-how-to-find-kindred-spirits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/03\/fresh-morning-how-to-find-kindred-spirits.html","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Morning: How to Find Kindred Spirits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sun1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/84\/import\/sun1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt;float: left\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\" \/><\/span>&#8220;I&#8217;m convinced that Spirit is trying to get kindred spirits together, like some cosmic social director. Help out by talking to the people who talk to you. 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