{"id":984,"date":"2017-06-12T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T10:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=984"},"modified":"2017-06-01T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T17:59:13","slug":"taking-flight-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/06\/taking-flight-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Taking flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/05\/IMG_0772-e1495804679815.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-977 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/05\/IMG_0772-e1495804679815-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0772\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Some days it just feels right to take flight. The air is warm and the breeze is tender.<\/p>\n<p>We may want to take flight for the pure joy of feeling free. There&#8217;s nothing like the feeling of being unattached and unencumbered.<\/p>\n<p>We may want to take flight, however, when things are weighing us down here on the ground. We can feel surrounded by a heaviness that can seem unbearable at times.<\/p>\n<p>For those times we cannot take flight soon enough, close your eyes and breathe deep. Or take a look out the window and make yourself one with the birds you see. It will do your spirit good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some days it just feels right to take flight. The air is warm and the breeze is tender. We may want to take flight for the pure joy of feeling free. There&#8217;s nothing like the feeling of being unattached and unencumbered. 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