{"id":986,"date":"2016-07-15T06:50:52","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T10:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=986"},"modified":"2016-07-15T18:56:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T22:56:43","slug":"week-96-sit-down-and-rock-a-while","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=986","title":{"rendered":"Week #96 – Sit down and rock a while!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Goofy-a\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Week #96 – Sit down and rock a while!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

This week’s post comes on the heels of yet another worldwide tragedy. \u00a0I’ve got to be honest, at times like this it can seem really silly to talk about Happyness.<\/p>\n

But then, I wonder, if this is exactly<\/span> the time to double down. \u00a0As I wrote last week — these events can leave us wondering what in the world\u00a0one person<\/span> can do to make a difference. \u00a0But it’s important to remember that what we do<\/span> might very well make a difference to one person’s world.<\/p>\n

I traveled home last weekend for the first time since my move to California in March. \u00a0It was a fast and busy trip centered around a yearly concert in Ocean Grove’s Great Auditorium. \u00a0Between singing in the concert and visiting with my folks — people knew where they could find me: in the choir loft or on the porch of the B&B where we stayed.<\/span><\/p>\n

All weekend long we were greeted with passers-by: some with a quick hello as they moved with purpose down the block, some with a friendly wave as they walked their pups or schlepped their beach bags up to the boardwalk, and some with a light beep as they drove along\u00a0the narrow street.<\/p>\n

But others stopped to chat, took a seat, had some coffee, or shared in our potato\u00a0chips or pizza or whatever it was we were eating at that time!<\/p>\n

There is something magical about sitting on a porch. \u00a0Something that automatically slows you down and shifts your gaze a little further beyond where you’ve been looking. \u00a0Something that opens you up and encourages you to share, to be honest, to be vulnerable.<\/p>\n

Something that helps us connect — and maybe make a difference — to the person sitting next to us.<\/p>\n

Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: Sit down and rock a while! \u00a0<\/strong>Whether you have a porch, deck, patio, balcony, or tailgate — pull up a chair, take a load off, sit a spell, have a chat, visit a bit, or rock a while! \u00a0Watch the traffic, cars park, people pass by, critters hard at work, nature doing her thing, or just observe the world moving about while you sit still. \u00a0Invite someone to join you. \u00a0Share a glass of something cold, have a conversation, meet a neighbor, visit with friends, or get to know just a little bit more about your own family.<\/span><\/p>\n

The world is moving fast…make porch time a priority this week!<\/p>\n

Spread Happyness — tell me, what’s your favorite place to sit down and rock a while?<\/p>\n

7\/15\/16\u00a0by Grace Church
\n<\/em>\u00a9 Grace Church
\ngrace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Week #96 – Sit down and rock a while! Greetings Happyness Tribe —\u00a0and Happy Friday! This week’s post comes on the heels of yet another worldwide tragedy. \u00a0I’ve got to be honest, at times like this it can seem really silly to talk about Happyness. But then, I wonder, if this is exactly the time […]<\/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-986","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\/986","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=986"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":991,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986\/revisions\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}