{"id":4062,"date":"2015-07-03T01:11:12","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T05:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/?p=4062"},"modified":"2015-07-03T01:11:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T05:11:12","slug":"its-my-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/2015\/07\/03\/its-my-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s My Favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fashion.<\/h3>\n

Music.<\/h3>\n

Food.<\/h3>\n

Books.<\/h3>\n

People.<\/h3>\n

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We can claim to have a favorite. But times changes. Big hair was in. It was my favorite style then but now it\u2019s gone. Fuchsia lipstick is a thing of the past.<\/p>\n

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Favorites are relative to what feels good today. My sweet husband is quick to claim, \u201cIt\u2019s My Favorite!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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Though there is one favorite I\u2019ve had that hasn\u2019t waned and that\u2019s my love of popcorn. It\u2019s truly the one thing that I know withstanding changes in culture, space and time and space that have remained a constant, a favorite. It\u2019s not just my favorite snack but also my favorite food. Yet this popcorn holds a position that would otherwise be easily occupied by another.<\/p>\n

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What has given my popcorn a place of prominence?<\/p>\n

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What is it about the popcorn that allows it to hold my taste buds and hold my heart?<\/p>\n

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What is it about the popcorn that has cemented it as a lifelong favorite?<\/p>\n

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Simply because it bring me joy.<\/h3>\n

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Popcorn doesn\u2019t merely make me happy. Happiness is fleeting and contingent on too many external circumstances. True joy is a state of mind. And everything about popcorn brings me joy. From the smell, to the taste to the motion of eating it, I am filled with joy. Even thinking about it as I type brings a smile to my face.<\/p>\n

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Joy is a condition of the heart. External factors can\u2019t stand a chance against joy.<\/p>\n

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Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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What are your favorites?<\/p>\n

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Are they things that make you happy or things that bring you joy?<\/p>\n

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You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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May you abide in joy that is full and favorites that are fulfilling.<\/p>\n

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Joy\u2026 It\u2019s My Favorite.<\/p>\n

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As always it is my prayer that you\u2019ve been Inspired To Live Fully<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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And if you ever want to make a deposit in my JOY bank, I love Garrett\u2019s Popcorn (hint, hint)<\/p>\n

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Happy to connect today with #FiveMinuteFriday<\/a> on the word #Favorite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fashion. Music. Food. Books. People.   We can claim to have a favorite. But times changes. Big hair was in. It was my favorite style then but now it\u2019s gone. Fuchsia lipstick is a thing of the past.   Favorites are relative to what feels good today. My sweet husband is quick to claim, \u201cIt\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[179,332,432],"class_list":["post-4062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-life","tag-favorite","tag-five-minute-friday","tag-joy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4062"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4064,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions\/4064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inspiredtolivefully.com\/staging\/4119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}