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<\/font>Nestled after the \u201cre\u201d in \u201crepetition,\u201d is the word, \u201cpetition.\u201d  A petition is a prayer, and comes from the Latin, \u201cpetere,\u201d meaning \u201cto seek, or go forward.\u201d  Interestingly the base of the Latin word \u201cpetere,\u201d can be traced back to the Sanskrit word, \u201cpatram,\u201d meaning \u201cwing or feather.\u201d  And it this definition which will inform the following story.<\/font><\/p>\n

\u201cOpen your heart,\u201d said the child walking alongside the old man.  \u201cHow?\u201d asked the old man.  \u201cRepetition,\u201d said the child.  \u201cRepetition?\u201d said the old man, \u201cOf what?\u201d  \u201cYour deepest love,\u201d replied the child, \u201cLet what you love the most be ever on your lips, ever on your heart, ever repeated, ever ruminated over, ever caressed within you.  Let what you love be your prayer of the heart.  Turn the name of what you love over and over in your mind, in your heart, with every step, with every breath, and soar.\u201d The old man was silent for a long time as the two of them walked through a flock of birds that went scattering into the sky as they passed. At last he asked the child: \u201cWhat do you repeat over and over?\u201d \u201cWe all have our own loves,\u201d said the child, \u201ctry not to get caught up in rules.  Find what you love and repeat its name over and over.\u201d  \u201cBut what if I do not love anything?\u201d \u201cThat is a lie,\u201d said the child, \u201cSearch within yourself.  What you love is there waiting for you to call its name.\u201d  \u201cI am afraid,\u201d said the old man.  \u201cThat is why you can\u2019t see what you love,\u201d said the child.  \u201cWhat should I do?\u201d  \u201cShould?\u201d said the child as he turned and looked up at the old man.  \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d  Tears welled in the old man\u2019s eyes and finally, voice trembling, he uttered, \u201cPeace.  I want peace.\u201d  \u201cThen let that be your petition, your prayer,\u201d said the child taking the old man\u2019s hand.  And as the old man began repeating the word \u201cpeace,\u201d over and over, his heart opened, and his prayer took wing and lifted him, carried him directly to the very Heart of Peace Itself.<\/p>\n

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Nestled after the \u201cre\u201d in \u201crepetition,\u201d is the word, \u201cpetition.\u201d  A petition is a prayer, and comes from the Latin, \u201cpetere,\u201d meaning \u201cto seek, or go forward.\u201d  Interestingly the base of the Latin word \u201cpetere,\u201d can be traced back to the Sanskrit word, \u201cpatram,\u201d meaning \u201cwing or feather.\u201d  And it this definition which will inform […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,36,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301"}],"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=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewonderchildblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}