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\u201cWork is not always required\u2026 there is such a thing as sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.\u201d\u2014 George McDonald What do you think about \u2018sacred idleness?\u2019 Choosing rest is one thing, but when it is forced on you \u2014 by sickness, calamity, or unemployment \u2014 it can be unsettling. We are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2375,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4"],"yoast_head":"\n
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