{"id":827,"date":"2006-07-19T01:07:12","date_gmt":"2006-07-19T05:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peacefulhippo.wordpress.com\/2006\/07\/19\/some-mistakes-just-work-out\/"},"modified":"2006-07-19T01:07:12","modified_gmt":"2006-07-19T05:07:12","slug":"some-mistakes-just-work-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/2006\/07\/19\/some-mistakes-just-work-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Mistakes Just Work Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought tonight was Witches&#8217; Meetup at Hannah Flanagan&#8217;s.&nbsp; I was a little late as usual, and found Ishani and Wolfgang waiting for me&#8230; nobody else was there.&nbsp; This was singularly unusual, since Lady Owl is ALWAYS there&#8230;&nbsp; However, we sat and talked about it, and noticed that tonight was only the THIRD Tuesday of the month, and we meetup on the FOURTH.&nbsp; hehehehehe oh well<\/p>\n<p>But it turned into a powerful evening anyhow, as Ishani and Wolfgang and I talked about everything from here to there, and then Wolfgang did some consultation with me.&nbsp; I won&#8217;t go into details, but a lot of smudges have been wiped off my soul, and I should be in better shape to deal with myself.<\/p>\n<p>Still no word on Frankie.&nbsp; Grandma is doing fine, as fine as a person less than a week out of surgery can be (with an expected 5 more weeks of rehabilitation before they can send her home, at the earliest).&nbsp; Mom and Dad are worn out.&nbsp; My cold is better.&nbsp; The usual.<\/p>\n<p>In your journey through life, may you step in no cosmic cowflops!<\/p>\n<p>Hugs,<br \/>Me<\/p>\n<p>=====<\/p>\n<p>Be thankful that you don&#8217;t already have everything you desire.<br \/>If you did, what would there be to look forward to?<\/p>\n<p>Be thankful when you don&#8217;t know something,<br \/>for it gives you the opportunity to learn.<\/p>\n<p>Be thankful for the difficult times.<br \/>During those times you grow.<\/p>\n<p>Be thankful for your limitations,<br \/>because they give you opportunities for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Be thankful for each new challenge,<br \/>because it will build your strength and character.<\/p>\n<p>Be thankful for your mistakes.<br \/>They will teach you valuable lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Be thankful when you&#8217;re tired and weary,<br \/>because it means you&#8217;ve made a effort.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to be thankful for the good things.<br \/>A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.<br \/>Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.<\/p>\n<p>~Author Unknown~<\/p>\n<p>And the ultimate affirmation:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">I&#8217;m good enough,<br \/>I&#8217;m smart enough,<br \/>and, gosh darn it,<br \/>people like me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; S. Smalley<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought tonight was Witches&#8217; Meetup at Hannah Flanagan&#8217;s.&nbsp; I was a little late as usual, and found Ishani and Wolfgang waiting for me&#8230; nobody else was there.&nbsp; This was singularly unusual, since Lady Owl is ALWAYS there&#8230;&nbsp; However, we sat and talked about it, and noticed that tonight was only the THIRD Tuesday of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peacefulhippo.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}