{"id":1016,"date":"2016-08-26T06:50:01","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T10:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2016-08-26T01:54:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T05:54:24","slug":"week-102-the-gift-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1016","title":{"rendered":"Week #102 – The Gift of Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Gift of Time” (photo credit: Grace Church)<\/p><\/div>\n

Week #102 – The Gift of Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings Happyness Tribe —\u00a0and Happy Friday!<\/p>\n

These last few weeks of August are a heavy time. \u00a0As I mentioned in my post on August 12th<\/a>\u00a0— my August\/September calendars are marked with “anniversaries.” \u00a0Reminders of how rapidly Rob’s health declined — and how swiftly and decisively he was taken away.<\/p>\n

As I write this,\u00a0it’s one of those anniversaries: the last time I saw my brother outside of a hospital.<\/p>\n

The last time we rode in a car together.<\/p>\n

Or shared a laugh.<\/p>\n

Or a sandwich.<\/p>\n

It is a precious day in my memory. \u00a0Every minute recorded in great detail\u00a0— after all, it needs to last me a lifetime.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0one of the things I most remember about that day — is that it was a gift. \u00a0And by that I mean a literal GIFT — because someone agreed to cover me, so that I could be there\u00a0with him.<\/p>\n

Precious time…made possible by the simple (and unknowing) generosity of another’s.<\/p>\n

Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: Give the gift of time!\u00a0 <\/strong>One of the greatest gifts we can give another person is time. \u00a0And that doesn’t always mean OUR time with them. \u00a0It might mean giving them time to take care of themselves, take care of business, or take care of someone else. \u00a0If\u00a0you find yourself in a position to cover for someone, take something off someone’s plate, or grant someone extra time to take care of something near and dear to them — please do it. \u00a0I know we all worry about being taken advantage of…there’s no one rule that covers all scenarios. \u00a0Use good sense and good judgment. \u00a0But if you’ve got the time…give it. \u00a0Generously.<\/p>\n

It may just be the greatest gift that person receives in his or her lifetime.<\/p>\n

Spread Happyness —\u00a0give the gift of time this week! \u00a0And share your thoughts in the comments!<\/p>\n

8\/26\/16\u00a0by Grace Church
\n<\/em>\u00a9 Grace Church
\ngrace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Week #102 – The Gift of Time Greetings Happyness Tribe —\u00a0and Happy Friday! These last few weeks of August are a heavy time. \u00a0As I mentioned in my post on August 12th\u00a0— my August\/September calendars are marked with “anniversaries.” \u00a0Reminders of how rapidly Rob’s health declined — and how swiftly and decisively he was taken […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1016"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1016\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}