{"id":1310,"date":"2017-04-02T19:15:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T19:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2017-04-02T19:15:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T19:15:23","slug":"nurture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/2017\/04\/02\/nurture\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/files\/2017\/03\/th.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1314\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/files\/2017\/03\/th.jpg\" alt=\"th\" width=\"269\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>He was working carefully, his hands inspecting the rose bush with tenderness, here and there his eyes checking for any disease that might prevent its blossoming. Gazing at the hedge roses, my friend simply said, &#8220;nurture them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A week later the buds opened. Bright and filled with life,\u00a0 the delicate pink roses were a gift of beauty and strength.\u00a0 What was hidden before had become a new life in front of my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>As you go along with the tasks and challenges of your life, do you ever stop and nurture yourself? Do you consider yourself tenderly, attentively, and know how to blossom when the right moment comes?<\/p>\n<p>Take some time to reflect:<\/p>\n<p><em>Even when challenging times keep you busy,<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>nurture the growth of your heart.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When paying attention to the life<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>hidden within your potential, <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>you will see your life blossoming,<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>like a flower, your beauty <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>will come up forward as an offering to the stars.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Juan Velasco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was working carefully, his hands inspecting the rose bush with tenderness, here and there his eyes checking for any disease that might prevent its blossoming. Gazing at the hedge roses, my friend simply said, &#8220;nurture them.&#8221; A week later &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/2017\/04\/02\/nurture\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1907,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contemplative-leader","category-mindful-leader","category-spiritual-practice"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"j1velasco","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/author\/j1velasco\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/category\/contemplative-leader\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Contemplative Leader<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/category\/mindful-leader\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Mindful Leader<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/category\/spiritual-practice\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Spiritual Practice<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"He was working carefully, his hands inspecting the rose bush with tenderness, here and there his eyes checking for any disease that might prevent its blossoming. Gazing at the hedge roses, my friend simply said, &#8220;nurture them.&#8221; A week later &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1907"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1320,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/writeherewritenow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}