{"id":927,"date":"2009-11-19T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T14:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/11\/the-buddha-at-work-joyful-effort-t.html"},"modified":"2009-11-19T14:42:40","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T14:42:40","slug":"the-buddha-at-work-joyful-effort-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/11\/the-buddha-at-work-joyful-effort-t.html","title":{"rendered":"The Buddha at Work – The Joy of Effort!"},"content":{"rendered":"
How amazing is Stevie Wonder? Check out this performance from 1973. I like to imagine myself watching this at age 3, but chances are I was watching Sesame Street.
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So what in the heck does this have to do with the Buddha at Work? Here’s what I said last month<\/a>:<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How amazing is Stevie Wonder? Check out this performance from 1973. I like to imagine myself watching this at age 3, but chances are I was watching Sesame Street. So what in the heck does this have to do with the Buddha at Work? 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