{"id":2437,"date":"2021-03-22T13:24:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T17:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=2437"},"modified":"2021-04-16T12:22:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:22:49","slug":"facing-eternity-by-radiance-angelina-petro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/?p=2437","title":{"rendered":"Facing Eternity,  By  Radiance Angelina Petro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Facing Eternity<br \/>\nBy<br \/>\nRadiance Angelina Petro<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The three-dimensional field of our lives drowns in detail.<\/p>\n<p>The rhythm we recognize as living, and our attempts to resist the wind,<\/p>\n<p>are all part of a vast, uncontrollable sea.<\/p>\n<p>Yet somehow, we are light-seeking,<\/p>\n<p>somehow we are solar-following,<\/p>\n<p>somehow, and just when we reach the edge of understanding,<\/p>\n<p>gravity sees us to our graves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He wants our participation in pursuing wholeness.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, the seeds of his mercy migrate by means of the wind,<\/p>\n<p>and they find us at our most drifting though the summer of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a Japanese legend that civilization was born<\/p>\n<p>the first time someone gave someone else a flower.<\/p>\n<p>The ever-true gardener lives for beauty, and when he touches us,<\/p>\n<p>a rose blooms in our heart.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He knows we are solar-opening, and his glance and guidance<\/p>\n<p>are timeless light. And the difficult uprooting from our lives to be transplanted<\/p>\n<p>in his garden is needed, and it hurts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are benefits to grieving,\u201d he says,<\/p>\n<p>\u201csuch as paradise. Come, face eternity with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/maharaj-with-a-rose.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2438\" src=\"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/maharaj-with-a-rose-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/maharaj-with-a-rose-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/maharaj-with-a-rose.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<form method=\"post\" action=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"ip\" value=\"216.73.216.215\" \/><p><label for=\"s2email\">Your email:<\/label><br \/><input type=\"text\" name=\"email\" id=\"s2email\" value=\"Enter email address...\" size=\"20\" onfocus=\"if (this.value == 'Enter email address...') {this.value = '';}\" onblur=\"if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Enter email address...';}\" \/><\/p><p><input type=\"submit\" name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/>&nbsp;<input type=\"submit\" name=\"unsubscribe\" value=\"Unsubscribe\" \/><\/p><\/form>\r\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing Eternity By Radiance Angelina Petro &nbsp; The three-dimensional field of our lives drowns in detail. The rhythm we recognize as living, and our attempts to resist the wind, are all part of a vast, uncontrollable sea. Yet somehow, we are light-seeking, somehow we are solar-following, somehow, and just when we reach the edge of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2437"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2496,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2437\/revisions\/2496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}