{"id":2549,"date":"2021-08-06T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2021-08-18T23:17:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T03:17:51","slug":"week-360-watch-the-grass-or-weeds-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=2549","title":{"rendered":"Week #360 – Watch the Grass (or Weeds) Grow!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“Hey, you…look around! It’s August!” (photo credit: Grace Church)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Week #360 \u2013 Watch the grass (or weeds) grow!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greetings Tribe \u2014 and Happy Friday!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we turn the corner into August — and the slippery slope into “Back-to-Hallow-Thanks-Chris-Mukkah” — I’m reminded of one of my favorite posts (and moments) from life back in New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That certain time in late summer when I’d first notice the Queen Anne’s Lace<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back home in New Jersey\u2026Queen Anne\u2019s Lace is everywhere this time of year. It\u2019s a flirty little weed that always got my attention in late July \u2014 and seemed to yell at me: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHey you\u2026look around! It\u2019s almost August!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a wonderful stillness this time of year as summer reaches its peak. Gardens are bursting, trees are at their fullest, the grass is at its longest\u2026but harvest season isn\u2019t quite here yet. There seems to be nothing left to do except sit back and watch it all grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, with our modern schedules and technology (heck, even with Covid this year) there is always plenty to do: work continues, activities go on, there are vacations to take, and places to visit, and back-to-school shopping to do\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026but nature knows better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get out in nature. Take a cue from your garden or lawn, flower bed or park! Make like a tree\u2026and be still! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: <\/strong>Watch the grass (or weeds) grow! Back to school is about to start\u2026but before it does, take a minute to kick back with your favorite beverage (and maybe your favorite person or pet) and watch the grass grow (or a thunderstorm brew)! It may be uncomfortable to sit still and do (gasp!) nothing for a few minutes. Do it anyway! Try it. Take five or fifteen minutes once a day (or once this week) to sit in the same spot and notice what is happening around you. I know the clock is ticking\u2026but our world keeps its very own perfect time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLive each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.\u201d (Henry David Thoreau)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spread Happyness \u2014 where do you like to stop and watch the weeds grow?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8\/6\/21 by Grace Church
\u00a9 Grace Church
grace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Week #360 \u2013 Watch the grass (or weeds) grow! Greetings Tribe \u2014 and Happy Friday! As we turn the corner into August — and the slippery slope into “Back-to-Hallow-Thanks-Chris-Mukkah” — I’m reminded of one of my favorite posts (and moments) from life back in New Jersey. That certain time in late summer when I’d first […]<\/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-2549","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\/2549","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=2549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2551,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2549\/revisions\/2551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}