{"id":30,"date":"2015-07-22T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=30"},"modified":"2015-07-11T21:10:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T02:10:39","slug":"circular-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2015\/07\/circular-tree.html","title":{"rendered":"Unique as a Circular Tree Branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2015\/04\/circular-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-202\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2015\/04\/circular-tree-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"circular tree\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are so many things in nature that serve to remind me how unique we are. This tree seems to have grown in a circle, whereas others stand straight as can be.<\/p>\n<p>Life seems to follow the path of this tree &#8212; it can seem like you are on a straight path, then the road circles around and you wonder how you got back to where you started. Yet you know it really isn&#8217;t exactly where you started, because you have more experience and have &#8220;been around the bend,&#8221; so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>We each have a unique path, one with circles, sidesteps and a whole lot of adventure. So are you on the circular part of the path or on a straight road? Sometimes it&#8217;s hard to tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many things in nature that serve to remind me how unique we are. This tree seems to have grown in a circle, whereas others stand straight as can be. 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