{"id":1265,"date":"2018-04-11T05:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2018-03-20T18:08:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T23:08:54","slug":"ripples-in-our-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2018\/04\/ripples-in-our-journey.html","title":{"rendered":"Ripples in our journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faith, like life, is not a smooth journey. There are ripples and ridges wherever we turn.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/12\/IMG_3574.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1181 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/12\/IMG_3574-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3574\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Not all ripples are bad or harmful to our journey. When we make a positive move, it trickles down to another level. when we express kindness to another person, that inspires more kindness and a ripple effect.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to send out the right ripple effects, though.<\/p>\n<p>What ripples are you sending out in your life? Are they positive inspirations? Do you notice how you are affected by the ripples of others?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faith, like life, is not a smooth journey. There are ripples and ridges wherever we turn. Not all ripples are bad or harmful to our journey. When we make a positive move, it trickles down to another level. when we express kindness to another person, that inspires more kindness and a ripple effect. It&#8217;s important&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-1265","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>Ripples in our journey - 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\/04\/ripples-in-our-journey.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ripples in our journey - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Faith, like life, is not a smooth journey. 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