{"id":110,"date":"2009-03-08T01:05:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T01:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.wordpress.com\/?p=110"},"modified":"2009-03-08T01:05:04","modified_gmt":"2009-03-08T01:05:04","slug":"seasons-and-the-spiritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/seasons-and-the-spiritual\/","title":{"rendered":"seasons and the spiritual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-113\" title=\"bike path-river trail\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/167.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"bike path-river trail\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/167.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/167-350x234.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/167-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It was an\u00a0uncharacteristically mild day, and I took a long bike ride. The recent inclement weather left the roads with gravel and debris in many spots\u2013quite a danger for a cyclist. My riding buddy commented that a good rain would wash away the problem, and make it right again to ride more safely. It made me think of the cyclical system of nature\u2013the rains that clean and restore. And also the approach of springtime. Rebirth. The theme of regeneration (and seasons\/cycles) is ever present with us. It&#8217;s\u00a0ingrained\u00a0into the fabric of our experience, and I think our human nature. We want to start over. We crave rejuvenation. though change can be frightening, it also means liberation\u2013and we know it deep down in the marrow. It is a reminder\u2013all around\u2013that the spiritual, and the Divine, is as close as one allows it to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts about cycling, rain, springtime, and how seasons remind us of the spiritual nature of existence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5626],"tags":[729,895,1185,2790,2830,2896,6539,3213],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spark-my-muse","tag-cleansing-rain","tag-cycling","tag-experiencing-god","tag-rebirth","tag-rejuvenation","tag-road-biking","tag-spirituality","tag-springtime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}