{"id":1419,"date":"2011-05-23T10:19:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T14:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2011-05-23T10:19:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T14:19:03","slug":"gratitude-and-walking-the-labyrinth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=1419","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude and Walking the Labyrinth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Labyrinth-Church-of-the-Servant1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-936 lazyload\" title=\"Labyrinth Church of the Servant\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Labyrinth-Church-of-the-Servant1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Labyrinth-Church-of-the-Servant1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Labyrinth-Church-of-the-Servant1.jpg 486w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-936\" title=\"Labyrinth Church of the Servant\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Labyrinth-Church-of-the-Servant1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Labyrinth-Church-of-the-Servant1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Labyrinth-Church-of-the-Servant1.jpg 486w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Saturday, I had the good fortune to once again walk the labyrinth at the Church of the Servant in Wilmington, NC. I had not taken this walk since the new year. Winter and spring slipped away from me without another visit to that sacred space. But this Saturday, I managed to go.<\/p>\n<p>Usually when walking the labyrinth, I hold some problem in my mind, some burden that I want to put down. But when I arrived at the church and began my walk in the old circular, spiraling pattern, I found my thoughts centered only on joy and gratitude. I am a fortunate woman with a great deal to be thankful for: family, friends, my work, my life. So I left with a profound, deepened sense of all these things, and of my gratitude for them.<\/p>\n<p>I am grateful also for this online community, for the community of readers and writers that I have become a part of.\u00c2\u00a0 There is always a continued striving for excellence, for sales, for growing markets. But there is also, in the midst of the daily work that comes with being an author, gratitude for all I have been given. If you&#8217;re reading this, you are part of all that I am grateful for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday, I had the good fortune to once again walk the labyrinth at the Church of the Servant in Wilmington, NC. I had not taken this walk since the new year. Winter and spring slipped away from me without another visit to that sacred space. But this Saturday, I managed to go. 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