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\"DSC01281_650w\"<\/a>I believe everything in our lives presents opportunities to grow, to evolve into a place of greater love. Sometimes an illness is what it takes to consider our thoughts and attitudes. With that consideration comes the opportunity to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I believe everything in our lives presents opportunities to grow, to evolve into a place of greater love. Sometimes an illness is what it takes to consider our thoughts and attitudes. With that consideration comes the opportunity to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[14,21],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3W5HT-2L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":189,"url":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=189","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":0},"title":"Grief","date":"November 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Five Stages of Grief These stages appear often in our lives with any loss and many changes. 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This aspect of free will is so much the differentiation between us and other species.\u00a0There are many people that believe they do not have a choice in matters of their lives and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Musings"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC01335_650w.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":427,"url":"http:\/\/olympichypnotherapy.com\/communications\/?p=427","url_meta":{"origin":171,"position":3},"title":"Garden and Gratitude","date":"December 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I cleaned the garden today, getting it ready for winter. I'm hoping to get compost and more rock dust on it before Christmas. The freeze is coming soon now and most plants will succumb. If the freeze is hard and long, roots in pots may not survive. 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