{"id":1147,"date":"2016-12-05T06:50:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T11:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2016-12-05T06:50:06","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T11:50:06","slug":"dec-5-reflection-on-our-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1147","title":{"rendered":"Dec. 5 \u2013 Reflection on our Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Dec. 5 \u2013 Reflection on our Republic\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1147\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/120516_1149_Dec5Reflec1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">This picture appeared in my Twitter feed over the weekend.  It shows the image of the U S Capitol Building and its reflection in the Reflecting Pool on the Capitol grounds.  At first I saw this picture as an awesome view of the building and its reflection.  The more times I have examined the picture the more I have been able to view it from a symbolic perspective.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">We have just concluded an election season for the U S President that was as controversial and divisive as I can imagine is possible.  Now the election is over and our national task is moving forward.  I would love for our moving forward to be able to create a mood that projects tranquility as easily as this image does.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">I don&#8217;t expect tranquility to come easily if it comes at all.  I am taking a moment to dream about how national tranquility might appear.  Please join me in the dream.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This picture appeared in my Twitter feed over the weekend. It shows the image of the U S Capitol Building and its reflection in the Reflecting Pool on the Capitol grounds. At first I saw this picture as an awesome view of the building and its reflection. The more times I have examined the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1147\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dec. 5 \u2013 Reflection on our Republic<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1148,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions\/1148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}