{"id":615,"date":"2015-01-10T05:45:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T14:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=615"},"modified":"2015-01-10T05:52:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T14:52:44","slug":"jan-10-quote-for-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=615","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 10 &#8211; Quote for the day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Jan. 10 &#8211; Quote for the day!\" 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=615\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/joy_fear.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-616\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/joy_fear.jpg\" alt=\"joy_fear\" width=\"268\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Metcalf posted this quote on Twitter on Friday:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOur fears don\u2019t stop death \u2026 they stop life.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 Rickson Gracie (He is a Brazilian martial arts athlete.)<\/p>\n<p>This phrase stuck in my mind throughout the day.\u00a0 He is correct too much fear can stop us from finding the joy in the present moment.\u00a0 When we miss the joy of the present, we miss important elements of life.\u00a0 For balanced living we need a mixture of joys and concerns to occupy our minds.<\/p>\n<p>I put his short simple observation to work and looked for joy as I moved through the hospital here are some joys I found throughout the day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Patients being taken to the entrance fully dressed because they were being discharged and they were smiling.<\/li>\n<li>An employee who was celebrating her 50<sup>th<\/sup> birthday and was not bothered by the number \u201c50\u201d. Coworkers who held a celebration for her at work.<\/li>\n<li>The cafeteria worker who was smiling as she asked each customer what toppings they wanted on their nachos.<\/li>\n<li>The smile on the face of a cafeteria customer when I asked her to go ahead of me because she had food for 3 people on her tray and I only had food for 1 on my tray.<\/li>\n<li>I nurse I don\u2019t see often who said \u201cHello\u201d and told me she missed seeing over the past few weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope this lists helps you make a short list of joys you experience today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Jesse Metcalf posted this quote on Twitter on Friday: \u201cOur fears don\u2019t stop death \u2026 they stop life.\u201d\u00a0 Rickson Gracie (He is a Brazilian martial arts athlete.) This phrase stuck in my mind throughout the day.\u00a0 He is correct too much fear can stop us from finding the joy in the present moment.\u00a0 When &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=615\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jan. 10 &#8211; Quote for the day!<\/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-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615","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=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":620,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions\/620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}