{"id":6149,"date":"2020-10-19T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=6149"},"modified":"2020-10-18T19:30:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T23:30:26","slug":"i-worried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/i-worried\/","title":{"rendered":"I Worried"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"I Worried 10\/19\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/tuk59-efb6b9?from=pb6admin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;skin=1&#038;pfauth=&#038;btn-skin=107\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>flow in the right direction, will the earth turn<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>as it was taught, and if not how shall<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>I correct it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,<\/em><br><em>can I do better?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrows<\/em><br><em>can do it and I am, well,<\/em><br><em>hopeless.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Is my eyesight fading or am I just imagining it,<\/em><br><em>am I going to get rheumatism,<\/em><br><em>lockjaw, dementia?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Finally, I saw that worrying had come to nothing.<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>and gave it up. And took my old body<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>and went out into the morning<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>and sang.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Mary Oliver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When was the last time you took your old body and went out into the<\/strong><br><strong>morning and sang?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dear God, Thanks For This Beautiful Life and Forgive Me If I Don\u2019t Love It Enough!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-amazon-kindle wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"THE GATHERING: Jesus and Abortion A Story For Our Time\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"1200\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_rsxLXX51fDeRMF&#038;asin=B08BDSDQ5L&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the riversflow in the right direction, will the earth turnas it was taught, and if not how shallI correct it. Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,can I do better? 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