{"id":12942,"date":"2026-09-07T13:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=12942"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T13:05:41","slug":"today-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=12942","title":{"rendered":"Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0801-794x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0801-794x1024.jpg 794w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0801-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0801-768x990.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0801.jpg 923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 794px) 100vw, 794px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Title Missing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, yesterday and I know it will be the same for tomorrow, the leaves aren\u2019t sticking to the trees they are falling too many, too often, too soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I try to hold onto summer as long as possible. The world is in the winter of its discontent. I don\u2019t need more hate, more ugliness. I need to see beauty, compassion, intelligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0783-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0783-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0783-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0783-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img_0783.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rose of Sharon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday I walked 20kms. I needed to walk away from the politics. I walked through the cemetery where I have prayed. I started reading John O\u2019Donohue\u2019s, Walking in Wonder. I have to find wonder and awe again and maybe the divine. I think daily of walking another Camino in spring, as I rake leaves in the fall. The pilgrimage is a different world. It\u2019s an escape from this political stranglehold. It is how I mend my soul. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, yesterday and I know it will be the same for tomorrow, the leaves aren\u2019t sticking to the trees they are falling too many, too often, too soon. I try to hold onto summer as long as possible. The world is in the winter of its discontent. I don\u2019t need more hate, more ugliness. 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