{"id":12907,"date":"2013-02-04T16:29:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T20:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=12907"},"modified":"2013-02-05T23:49:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T03:49:59","slug":"getting-in-touch-with-myself-once-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2013\/02\/getting-in-touch-with-myself-once-more\/","title":{"rendered":"getting in touch with myself once more"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_12908\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12908\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2013\/02\/we-will-find-home.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12908\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2013\/02\/we-will-find-home-590x447.jpg\" alt='\"getting in touch with myself once more\" (watercolor, 8\"x10\") by David Hayward' width=\"590\" height=\"447\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12908\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cgetting in touch with myself once more\u201d (watercolor, 8\u2033x10\u2033) by David Hayward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>I\u2019m not sure why this man is taking a walk now. Is he on his way somewhere? Did his dog need to go out? Or did he just need to center and get in touch with himself again?<\/p>\n<p>If it was you, why would you be here? Now?<\/p>\n<p>The most peaceful times for me when I feel most connected to Source is at night, under the stars, maybe smoking my pipe, maybe with or without my dog, but usually in winter. There is just so much stillness it seems to seep into the core of my being and evoke a serenity like no other time or place.<\/p>\n<p>I take advantage of such times as these. My dog doesn\u2019t mind either.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: orange;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/122658212\/getting-in-touch-with-myself-once-more\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Acquire the painting. 40% OFF. Use the code \u201cloveis\u201d.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not sure why this man is taking a walk now. Is he on his way somewhere? Did his dog need to go out? Or did he just need to center and get in touch with himself again? If it was you, why would you be here? Now? The most peaceful times for me when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":12908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[603,123,2993,921,722,34,120],"class_list":["post-12907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-david_hayward","tag-dog","tag-in_touch_with_myself","tag-landscape","tag-nakedpastor","tag-painting","tag-watercolor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>getting in touch with myself once more<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I&#039;m not sure why this man is taking a walk now. 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