{"id":9207,"date":"2012-06-06T05:54:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T10:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=9207"},"modified":"2012-06-08T13:25:46","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T18:25:46","slug":"living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Better Stories with Simple Surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9241\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/About-photo-700x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9241\" title=\"About-photo-700x1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/About-photo-700x1024-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">jeremy statton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>I started reading Jeremy&#8217;s excellent blog shortly after he became a community leader on <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/\">Michael Hyatt<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0\u00fcber popular blog. (Michael just locked in a best seller on the topic of Platform. Amazing. Seriously.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It took me about 5 seconds to surmise that Jeremy is an overachiever in a really awesome way.\u00a0He&#8217;s an orthopedic surgeon in Kentucky. He&#8217;s\u00a0married to Amanda (who likely possesses super powers), has four children, and is\u00a0the process of adopting a couple of kids from China. His recent ebook called &#8220;Grace Is: A Practical Guide to God&#8217;s Love&#8221; is worth the read. Get started at Jeremy&#8217;s by reading my article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeremystatton.com\">here<\/a>&#8230;<em><strong>and please reward his generosity to me by sharing something in the comments section. Thanks everyone!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Oh! And on the topics of <em>simple surprises<\/em>&#8230;.Here&#8217;s a little surprise I&#8217;ve been working on.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Could you solve this puzzle?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9207 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises\/img_2549\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2549-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2549-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2549-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2549-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9213'>\n\t\t\t\trepurposed some jar lids\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises\/img_2566\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2566-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2566-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2566-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2566-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9209'>\n\t\t\t\tkind of looks like a yo-yo\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises\/img_2567\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2567-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2567-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2567-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2567-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises\/img_2565\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2565-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2565-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2565-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2565-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises\/img_2557\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2557-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2557-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2557-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2557-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises\/img_2558\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2558-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2558-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2558-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2558-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises\/img_2559\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2559-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2559-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2559-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2559-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises\/img_2562\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2562-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2562-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2562-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2562-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9216'>\n\t\t\t\tpapers line up to reveal puzzle\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/living-better-stories-with-simple-surprises\/img_2561\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2561-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2561-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2561-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMG_2561-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9210'>\n\t\t\t\tCan you read the password?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">This is just the beginning of the Story. I&#8217;m up to something. Check back soon to find out what!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I&#8217;m super excited to be the guest writer at Jeremy Statton&#8217;s &#8220;Living Better Stories&#8221; blog. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,5335,5626],"tags":[4917,5741,1554,5738,5740,5742,5739,4766,3316,5710],"class_list":["post-9207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-books","category-creativity","category-spark-my-muse","tag-generosity","tag-grace-is","tag-guest-post","tag-guest-writer","tag-jeremy-statton","tag-little-free-library","tag-living-better-stories","tag-michael-hyatt","tag-surprises","tag-todd-bol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9207","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=9207"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9222,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9207\/revisions\/9222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}