{"id":1202,"date":"2018-01-24T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2018-01-03T21:39:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-04T03:39:49","slug":"time-for-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2018\/01\/time-for-reflection.html","title":{"rendered":"Time for reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/12\/IMG_3930.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1185 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/12\/IMG_3930-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3930\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>There is always time for reflection. For me, the perfect time is late in the evening. It&#8217;s when I can finally relax and look back on the day.<\/p>\n<p>What time of the day do you find conducive to reflection? Why do you like that time?<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting when the sun goes down can help you see where you were during the day. Some might prefer to reflect before heading to the day&#8217;s adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Become aware, if you haven&#8217;t, of when is your best time for reflection. Stick to it for most of the week and change it at least once to see what you learn. Share in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is always time for reflection. For me, the perfect time is late in the evening. It&#8217;s when I can finally relax and look back on the day. What time of the day do you find conducive to reflection? Why do you like that time? Reflecting when the sun goes down can help you see&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Time for reflection - Through the Lens of Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2018\/01\/time-for-reflection.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Time for reflection - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There is always time for reflection. 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