{"id":2554,"date":"2015-06-09T06:16:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T11:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/tomzampino\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2015-06-09T06:16:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T11:16:37","slug":"7-awesome-things-to-think-about-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tomzampino\/2015\/06\/7-awesome-things-to-think-about-today\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Awesome Things To Think About Today!"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/454\/2015\/06\/hs-2013-12-a-web_print.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2555\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/454\/2015\/06\/hs-2013-12-a-web_print-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"0105-4x5color.ai\" width=\"267\" height=\"335\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1) The Soul: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipkosloski.com\/how-the-beauty-of-creation-can-lead-a-soul-to-god\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How The Beauty of Creation Can Lead a Soul to God<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/philipkosloski\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Philip Kosloski<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) The Power of Nature: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/capital-weather-gang\/wp\/2015\/06\/08\/photo-one-amazing-supercell-two-incredible-tornadoes\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Photographer Captures One Amazing Supercell, Two Tornadoes In Colorado<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3) The Heroes Among Us: <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/hero-bus-driver-stopped-kidnapping-progress-bus\/story?id=31590776\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How \u2018Hero\u2019 Bus Driver Stopped Kidnapping in Progress on His Bus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4) So Much Beauty: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/2015\/06\/flannerys-peacocks-king-of-the-birds-run-amok\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Peacocks. Yes, Peacocks<\/a>!\u00a0. . .\u00a0 and\u00a0Flannery O\u2019Connor!\u00a0via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/kathyschiffer\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Kathy Schiffer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5) Change: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/media\/nr\/2014\/02\/03\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Encouraging Signs of Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6) The Least of These: <a href=\"http:\/\/saportareport.com\/leadership\/philanthropy\/2015\/06\/08\/whats-your-compassion-rating\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A <em>Compassion Barometer<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u2013 rate yourself!<\/p>\n<p>7) <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Golden_Retriever_pups_newborn.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">This<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/454\/2015\/06\/1024px-Golden_Retriever_pups_newborn.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2557\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/454\/2015\/06\/1024px-Golden_Retriever_pups_newborn-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1024px-Golden_Retriever_pups_newborn\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(via Wikimedia Commons, ElBosco)<\/p>\n<p>Peace<\/p>\n<p>Top Image Credit <a href=\"http:\/\/hubblesite.org\/newscenter\/archive\/releases\/2013\/12\/image\/a\/format\/web_print\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here,<\/a> via NASA (Horsehead Nebula, Public Domain)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1) The Soul: How The Beauty of Creation Can Lead a Soul to God, by Philip Kosloski 2) The Power of Nature: Photographer Captures One Amazing Supercell, Two Tornadoes In Colorado 3) The Heroes Among Us: How \u2018Hero\u2019 Bus Driver Stopped Kidnapping in Progress on His Bus 4) So Much Beauty: Peacocks. 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