{"id":112915,"date":"2024-10-17T08:34:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=112915"},"modified":"2024-10-17T08:34:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:34:14","slug":"speaking-to-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=112915","title":{"rendered":"SPEAKING TO THE DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/cvyu1fa.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Bhaktimarga Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At a tiny hamlet, Echo Bay<br \/>\nAs I ambled along the way<br \/>\nOut of a shallow ditch<br \/>\nEmerged a man, not rich<br \/>\nAppearing a trite unkempt<br \/>\nTarnished teeth, but of good intent<br \/>\nHe wanted to share a fine message<br \/>\nSomething I had come to cherish<br \/>\nThe gist is what he had to say<br \/>\n\u201cWhen I wake up I speak to the day<br \/>\nLike a person I know<br \/>\nIt gives me energy to go<br \/>\n\u2018Day! Whatever you have for me<br \/>\nI beg for the strength to be<br \/>\nIn the arms of your adventure<br \/>\nAnd anything you may render<br \/>\nHelp me to go through the hours<br \/>\nWhen moments are up or moments are dour<br \/>\nI\u2019m assured of some surprises<br \/>\nOf adventure from east\/west horizons<br \/>\nI learn, I laugh, I cry, I love<br \/>\nThings come at me I\u2019d never think of<br \/>\nNow that it\u2019s approaching night<br \/>\nWith sun moving out of my sight<br \/>\nI say, Day, I thank you so<br \/>\nTomorrow comes fast, not slow.\u2019\u201d<br \/>\nWith those few eloquent words<br \/>\nMy reaching ears had heard<br \/>\nA man who then retreated to the ditch<br \/>\nEnveloped by a sunray\u2019s kiss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/cvyu1fa.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" \/>By Bhaktimarga Swami At a tiny hamlet, Echo Bay As I ambled along the way Out of a shallow ditch Emerged a man, not rich Appearing a trite unkempt Tarnished teeth, but of good intent He wanted to share a fine message Something I had come to cherish The gist is what he had to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112916,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112915\/revisions\/112916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}