{"id":280,"date":"2011-08-03T11:04:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T15:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/?p=280"},"modified":"2011-08-03T20:37:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T00:37:53","slug":"the-runaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2011\/08\/the-runaway.html","title":{"rendered":"The Runaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Today, in New York City, people got a surprise as they walked down Fifth Ave. Way up high on a swanky apartment building sat a peacock.\u00a0 He remained calm, cool, and collected as he surveyed the New York sky line.\u00a0 Apparently he was enjoying\u00a0the view and his new found freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It seems that our beautiful feathered friend had escaped from the Central Avenue Zoo.\u00a0He needed a break from his hum drum life and a bit of adventure.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t we all occasionally need a break from our everyday reality?\u00a0\u00a0Our daily tasks and responsibilities sometimes make us weary.\u00a0 We need a new spark of light, a crazy adventure, a few\u00a0hours of freedom.\u00a0 I imagine that even peacocks can get bored.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He was only gone a few hours, but how exciting to be flying over Central Park.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t even realize that peacocks could actually fly.\u00a0 I thought they were just a beautiful bird that God created for us to enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The peacock is now back home in the safety of his pen at the zoo.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure his family and friends are happy to see him back and behaving normally.\u00a0 Unfortunately some people make a lifestyle of seeking adventures and running away from responsibilities.\u00a0 At least this bird\u00a0 had the good sense to go back home&#8230;&#8230;to his real life.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We can take a lesson from this story.\u00a0 Everyone needs a break or vacation once in a while.\u00a0 Just don&#8217;t forget to go back home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Today, in New York City, people got a surprise as they walked down Fifth Ave. Way up high on a swanky apartment building sat a peacock.\u00a0 He remained calm, cool, and collected as he surveyed the New York sky line.\u00a0 Apparently he was enjoying\u00a0the view and his new found freedom. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It seems that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouragement","tag-nature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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