{"id":66078,"date":"2018-09-05T09:25:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T07:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=66078"},"modified":"2018-09-05T09:27:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T07:27:05","slug":"when-your-gift-wraps-stripped-away-your-jewel-will-be-set-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=66078","title":{"rendered":"When your &#8220;gift wrap&#8217;s&#8221; stripped away your jewel will be set free&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2YxCR2a-sxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8220;I looked in the mirror and what did I see, but a little old lady peering back at me<br \/>\nWith bags and sags and wrinkles and wispy white hair, and I asked my reflection,<br \/>\n&#8216;How did you get there?&#8217;<br \/>\nYou once were straight and vigorous and now you&#8217;re stooped and weak, when I tried so hard to keep you from becoming an antique<br \/>\nMy reflection&#8217;s eyes twinkled as she solemnly replied, &#8216;You&#8217;re looking at the gift wrap and not the jewel inside.<br \/>\nA living gem and precious, of unimagined worth<br \/>\nUnique and true, the real you, the only you on Earth<br \/>\nThe years that spoil your gift wrap with other things more cruel, should purify and strengthen, and polish up that jewel<br \/>\nSo focus your attention on the inside, not the out<br \/>\nOn being kinder, wiser, more content and more devout<br \/>\nThen, when your gift wrap&#8217;s stripped away your jewel will be set free, to radiate God&#8217;s glory throughout eternity.'&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-D4zAFQgSRow\/W4-EDPzAoEI\/AAAAAAAAmf8\/OuOSJqi8SMQDNh5d9aV1rYbe7Cv8bkT-wCHMYCw\/s0\/2018-09-05_09-21-30.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fvrindavankirtansanga%2Fvideos%2F328216387752172%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-cS6nJ6jpraQ\/W4-FNqcu7KI\/AAAAAAAAmgQ\/V71jRt7qWSolv-16lP66ZSbzSGbkZHTsACHMYCw\/s0\/2018-09-05_09-26-35.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\"\/> &#8220;I looked in the mirror and what did I see, but a little old lady peering back at me With bags and sags and wrinkles and wispy white hair, and I asked my reflection, &#8216;How did you get there?&#8217; You once were straight and vigorous and now you&#8217;re stooped and weak, when I tried so hard to keep you from becoming an antique My reflection&#8217;s eyes twinkled as she solemnly replied, &#8216;You&#8217;re looking at the gift wrap and not the jewel inside. A living gem and precious, of unimagined worth Unique and true, the real you, the only you on Earth The years that spoil your gift wrap with other things more cruel, should purify and strengthen, and polish up that jewel So focus your attention on the inside, not the out On being kinder, wiser, more content and more devout Then, when your gift wrap&#8217;s stripped away your jewel will be set free, to radiate God&#8217;s glory throughout eternity.'&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66078","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=66078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66081,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66078\/revisions\/66081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}