Anytime something\/one new is born, there is pain.<\/p>\n
We typically may not think of that, but it seems to hold true that from pain comes purpose…from experience comes empathy and\/or extra<\/em> understanding…from turmoil come opportunities for transformation…<\/p>\n May we fully mourn and lament the loss of what we thought might have been…what ended unexpectedly…what blindsided us because only when we release<\/em> are we free<\/em> to receive. <\/span><\/p>\n When we release the past<\/em>, we free ourselves to receive the present<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>(pun intended – present\/gift).<\/p>\n We can then celebrate the birth of new<\/em> things!<\/p>\n We can live in child-like awe and wonder!<\/p>\n We can open ourselves up to fully<\/em> enjoy all the pleasant surprises Heaven sends our way!<\/p>\n What is being birthed in our lives now…or waiting to be birthed once we mourn, lament and release?<\/p>\n What\/whom do we need to release to make room for the new?<\/p>\n Common Day Hero<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: I don’t know your personal story. What I know is that you come from a family full of faith and lots of fun. The way you love and serve is seen. Today, I dedicate this post to you, Aunty Nazma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anytime something\/one new is born, there is pain. We typically may not think of that, but it seems to hold true that from pain comes purpose…from experience comes empathy and\/or extra understanding…from turmoil come opportunities for transformation… May we fully mourn and lament the loss of what we thought might have been…what ended unexpectedly…what blindsided…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[416,15,178,415,417],"class_list":["post-4200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-birth","tag-heart","tag-pain","tag-purpose","tag-transformation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lalijean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jonathan-borba-MERFYhYz7mU-unsplash-scaled.jpg?fit=1707%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4200"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4225,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4200\/revisions\/4225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lalijean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}