{"id":1435,"date":"2017-09-15T03:30:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T07:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1435"},"modified":"2017-09-15T01:39:37","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T05:39:37","slug":"week-157-another-wave-reflections-at-the-three-year-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1435","title":{"rendered":"Week #157 – Another Wave! (Reflections at the Three Year Mark)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(A gift from Pat & Tom — photo credit: Grace Church)<\/p><\/div>\n

Week #157 – Another Wave! (Reflections at the Three Year Mark)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings Tribe — and Happy Friday!<\/span><\/p>\n

Last week was a mash-up of anniversaries: Rob, the blog, 9\/11. \u00a0The dates came at me faster than I could process. \u00a0Add to that the current activities in my day-to-day life — not to mention the events in Texas and Florida — and there was very little time to reflect.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t catch my breath.<\/p>\n

So I did what surfers are taught to do: go under. \u00a0I put my head down and let the white water roll over me.<\/p>\n

It reminds me of a game that Rob and I used to play when we went to the shore as kids. \u00a0We called it “Over and Under.” \u00a0We would stand at the break line and call out a challenge as each wave rolled our way, “Over!” or “Under!”<\/p>\n

“Over” meant we had to try to go over the wave. \u00a0If it was small or it hadn’t broken yet, this was easy.<\/p>\n

But when the wave was big or it had already broken and the white water was on the move…the easiest and safest place to go was “under” the wave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There is a permanence to Year Three. \u00a0Rob is gone. \u00a0Really gone. \u00a0And I will not see him again in this lifetime.<\/p>\n

And yet, I will paddle out to catch another wave of Happyness this year. \u00a0And if I listen closely, I can hear him yelling to me once again: “Over!”<\/p>\n

Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: OVER or UNDER? \u00a0<\/strong>Are waves coming at you faster than you can handle? \u00a0Or are they crashing so violently that you’re getting tumbled? \u00a0Don’t be afraid to go under it all. \u00a0It’s great pre-game talk to glorify running head-on into challenges and getting banged up in the process…but sometimes the safest (and most peaceful) place to be is UNDER the wave!<\/p>\n

Spread Happyness — and find peace UNDER the waves this week!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

To Life! \u00a0To Love! \u00a0To Happyness!<\/p>\n

9\/15\/17 by Grace Church
\n<\/em>\u00a9 Grace Church
\ngrace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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