{"id":1734,"date":"2023-12-13T14:53:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redchairblogs.wpengine.com\/holymoly\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2023-12-13T14:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:53:29","slug":"a-year-end-benediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/2023\/12\/13\/a-year-end-benediction\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year End Benediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As this year draws to a close, may you give thanks for the gifts that it brought, the struggles you overcame, the joys you celebrated, and the wonders you saw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the inevitable rush of the holiday season approaches, may you find moments to slow down, pause, sit back, and take a few deep breaths to remember the past year, to honor all that you accomplished, and to set in your memory your favorite moments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the New Year approaches, may you craft goals for your year, dreams for your future, and intentions for your life; so even when barriers, struggles, and failures come your way you will have the stamina to keep going.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the days become shorter and the weather grows colder, may hope for warmth develop deep within your spirit, may light shine brightly all around you, and that hot cup of coffee (or tea or chocolate) be even more delicious than usual.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And may the truth that you are a one-of-a-kind beloved creation, who is more than what you do, more than what you have, and more than what others might say or think about you, sink deep within your soul; so you might square your shoulders, stand firm, and become more of your fullest and truest self. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As this year draws to a close, may you give thanks for the gifts that it brought, the struggles you overcame, the joys you celebrated, and the wonders you saw. As the inevitable rush of the holiday season approaches, may &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/2023\/12\/13\/a-year-end-benediction\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Year End Benediction<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nathan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1QIf6-rY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lynchburg.edu\/holymoly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}