{"id":1452,"date":"2011-08-22T05:12:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T09:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2011-08-21T20:40:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T00:40:31","slug":"the-parrot-flower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/08\/the-parrot-flower.html","title":{"rendered":"The Parrot Flower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Parrot Flower\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is a flower from Thailand.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is also a protected species and is not allowed to be exported.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nThis may be the only way we will be able to view this flower.\u00a0<br \/>\n<em>FROM THAILAND. . THE VERY RARE PARROT FLOWER\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/files\/2011\/08\/parrot-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1453 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/234\/2011\/08\/parrot-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/files\/2011\/08\/parrot-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1455\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/files\/2011\/08\/parrot-3-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/files\/2011\/08\/parrot-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1454\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/234\/2011\/08\/parrot-2-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Who but God could do this!\u00a0<br \/>\nThere comes a point in your life when you realize:\u00a0<br \/>\nWho matters &#8211;\u00a0<br \/>\nWho never did &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nWho won&#8217;t anymore &#8211;\u00a0<br \/>\nAnd who always will.<br \/>\nSo, don&#8217;t worry about people from your past.\u00a0\u00a0There is a reason why they didn&#8217;t make it to your future.\u00a0<br \/>\n<strong>Perhaps you may want to share these beautiful flowers with your friends.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parrot Flower\u00a0 This is a flower from Thailand.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It is also a protected species and is not allowed to be exported.\u00a0\u00a0 This may be the only way we will be able to view this flower.\u00a0 FROM THAILAND. . 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