{"id":527,"date":"2016-05-02T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=527"},"modified":"2016-04-30T20:50:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T01:50:31","slug":"lone-duck-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/05\/lone-duck-picture.html","title":{"rendered":"Alone with your thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2016\/04\/IMG_2619-e1462065748583.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-534\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2016\/04\/IMG_2619-e1462065748583-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2619\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It can be refreshing sometimes to swim alone in your thoughts and prayers. This is because we are never truly alone, but to find the space necessary to feel like you are at one with everything around you can help you find a new perspective.<\/p>\n<p>We are surrounded constantly by ideas, by people competing for our attention. We are constantly asked to make decisions and choose between right and wrong or even two right things.<\/p>\n<p>This week, take a break and swim alone, in whatever way that means for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be refreshing sometimes to swim alone in your thoughts and prayers. This is because we are never truly alone, but to find the space necessary to feel like you are at one with everything around you can help you find a new perspective. 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