{"id":2460,"date":"2021-04-02T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2460"},"modified":"2021-04-08T16:18:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:18:10","slug":"week-342-ease-out-then-soak-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2460","title":{"rendered":"Week #342 &#8211; Ease out.  (Then soak it up!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Out-a.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Out-a.jpg?resize=625%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Out-a.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Out-a.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Out-a.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Week #342 \u2013 Ease out.  (Then soak it up!<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Greetings Tribe \u2013 and Happy Friday!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The world is opening up this week.  It&#8217;s spring, Passover, Easter, easing of restrictions&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time to bust forth, right?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time to get out there and do it all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Except&#8230;do you remember the lessons of this past year? \u00a0What it has taught us? <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That there is certain kind of freedom in restrictions, that there is a whole lot of yes inside each no, and that it doesn&#8217;t take much to make life really good&#8230;?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ease out. You don&#8217;t have to do everything all at once. You don&#8217;t need to be in places that make you uncomfortable, or with people that make you uncomfortable. If this year has taught us anything, it&#8217;s who our people are. Stick with them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nature doesn&#8217;t open all at once. She reveals herself slowly, day by day, easing out, then soaking up.  Easing out, then soaking up. So too, with our re-emerging this spring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ease out.  Then soak it up!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead:<\/strong>  <strong>Ease out.  Then soak it up! <\/strong> Allow yourself an easy transition this spring. Even better, encourage it in someone else. The world doesn&#8217;t need to open wide like a Black Friday door-buster. We have experienced a great collective grief (and for many, flat-out trauma) this past year. Like the flowers of spring, give yourself time to reach for the sun&#8230;and bloom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spread Happyness &#8212; Ease out.  Then soak it up!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>4\/2\/21 by Grace Church<br>\u00a9 Grace Church<br>grace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week #342 \u2013 Ease out. (Then soak it up!) Greetings Tribe \u2013 and Happy Friday!!! The world is opening up this week. It&#8217;s spring, Passover, Easter, easing of restrictions&#8230; Time to bust forth, right? Time to get out there and do it all! 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