{"id":1182,"date":"2020-05-06T08:56:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T12:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2020-05-06T08:56:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T12:56:36","slug":"balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/2020\/05\/06\/balance\/","title":{"rendered":"Balance"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Balance in all things brings peace and contentment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/2020\/05\/06\/balance\/balnce\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/balnce.jpg?fit=1000%2C664&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,664\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"balnce\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/balnce.jpg?fit=990%2C657&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1183\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/balnce.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/balnce.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/balnce.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/balnce.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I read this recently and it got me thinking&#8230; I am not good at this. I often find myself unbalanced and dealing with the ramifications of falling off, or losing my way in a myriad things and directions.<\/p>\n<p>For me personally&#8230; what brings me back into balance is adjusting my priorities. Those would be my faith in God, my family and my friendships, etc. All areas I have been poor in keeping in balance in the past. But when I am hitting that sweet spot&#8230; I have found peace and contentment. Also&#8230; I am discovering that when I give myself and others grace, it has a huge impact on retaining balance as well.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s to walking that fine line&#8230; it&#8217;s a new day and mercies are new every morning!<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you all the best today!<\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to <strong>Mercies New<\/strong> while you read:<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 42px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1209745899\/size=small\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/track=2942739741\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kenverheecke.bandcamp.com\/album\/first-light-2\">First Light by Ken Verheecke<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Balance in all things brings peace and contentment. I read this recently and it got me thinking&#8230; I am not good at this. I often find myself unbalanced and dealing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/2020\/05\/06\/balance\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Balance<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[85,39,38],"tags":[125,127,4,44,14,126],"class_list":["post-1182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouragement","category-life","category-music","tag-balancing","tag-content","tag-ken-verheecke","tag-life","tag-peace","tag-priorities"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s9REpc-balance","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1182\/revisions\/1184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenverheecke.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}