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\"IMG_1312\"<\/a>What is on your summer bucket list this year? Are you one that has the opportunity to go to a lake or ocean? Are you one that prefers to go camping in the great outdoors?<\/p>\n

There is still plenty of time to cross things off your bucket list. When you go the lake or the ocean or find yourself at a campsite, look at it through new eyes. Look through the eyes of faith to the horizon. It is important to expand our horizons and learn to look through the eyes of our soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is on your summer bucket list this year? Are you one that has the opportunity to go to a lake or ocean? Are you one that prefers to go camping in the great outdoors? There is still plenty of time to cross things off your bucket list. 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