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be brave<\/p>
be courageous<\/p>
be vulnerable<\/p>
be you<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I explored a patch of woods in Indiana with my 3 sons today. For us, the extraordinary memories are discovered in the quite ordinary moments. It marked the 24th and final state park that I have visited, a challenge I gave myself a few years ago during a difficult time. I have visited them with my boys and those I love – but many of them alone. I have hiked and run endless miles in the sun\/wind\/snow\/rain; climbed uphill against creeks; biked; swam; kayaked; fished; camped; built fires and cooked delicious cast iron skillet pancakes; picnicked; foraged morels and rocks; seen sunsets\/sunrises; and somewhere along the way discovered every bit of who I am. I believe in vulnerability and “showing up in the arena” – nature is truly a metaphor for this. When you hike along a path, you never know what will happen next – a squirrel can catch your eye as it bounces out of a tree, or the slick path can suddenly terminate against a fallen log. In each case you navigate, possibly against the odds, and find the things to be grateful for. Nature moves and breathes constantly, it is a rhythm we rely on, even when we are not aware. Today my boys were proud of me. Many people have done what I did, but I am teaching them to celebrate and find the joy that is always around us. everything is better outside be brave be courageous be vulnerable be you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,8,25,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-goals","category-nature","category-parenting","category-travel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":674,"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.3boysandmylens.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}