{"id":917,"date":"2015-07-07T01:55:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T10:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=917"},"modified":"2015-07-07T01:55:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T10:55:41","slug":"july-7-taking-a-good-look-in-the-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=917","title":{"rendered":"July 7 &#8211; Taking A Good Look in the Mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"July 7 &#8211; Taking A Good Look in the Mirror\" 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=917\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cat-reflection.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-918\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cat-reflection-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"cat reflection\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cat-reflection-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/cat-reflection.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This image of a cat watching its reflection in the window caught my attention early in the day and I kept thinking about it throughout the day.\u00a0 The cat is so intently engaged in looking at the reflection!\u00a0 One reason I think the image stayed with me during the day is because I love pets.\u00a0 A more important reason the image stayed in my mind is that it reminds me that others see us by how we behave and how we respond to them.\u00a0 That image is not based so much on how we appear but how we make them feel.\u00a0 As a chaplain I have a purpose in every encounter to make the person feel better because we spent time with each other.\u00a0 Feedback from people we spend time with allows us to assess what our encounter together has done for them. \u00a0So I invite you to look at those you encounter today and see if you find clues on how their encounter with you has shaped their day.\u00a0 I hope you will feel affirmed.\u00a0 If you are not affirmed then it is time to ask why you are not having the effect on others that you desire.\u00a0 Either way this can be a good exercise in self-awareness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This image of a cat watching its reflection in the window caught my attention early in the day and I kept thinking about it throughout the day.\u00a0 The cat is so intently engaged in looking at the reflection!\u00a0 One reason I think the image stayed with me during the day is because I love &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=917\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">July 7 &#8211; Taking A Good Look in the Mirror<\/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-917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917","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=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":919,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions\/919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}