{"id":51,"date":"2014-10-19T01:24:03","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T01:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/?p=51"},"modified":"2014-10-19T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T12:04:32","slug":"today-waste-some-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/2014\/10\/19\/today-waste-some-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Today, Waste Some Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.marcandangel.com\/images\/101-ways-to-enjoy-yourself.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">We are always so busy.\u00a0 There are not enough hours in a day.\u00a0 I can\u2019t afford to \u201cwaste time.\u201d\u00a0 Please stop, you are wasting my time!\u00a0 Have you ever had these thoughts? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> I saw this quote and it made me stop and think:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><em>\u201cThe time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 Bertrand Russell<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">If we are enjoying what we are doing, why don\u2019t we just take a little time and enjoy it?\u00a0 Don\u2019t we deserve a little wasted time?\u00a0 Don\u2019t we really need a little wasted time?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">What if, in all of our \u201cbusyness\u201d we are really wasting time\u00a0that is really important time?\u00a0 Time with our family, our children, seeing the beautiful day, being grateful, seeing the good in people, breathing, etc.; these moments are passing us by.\u00a0 Your child or spouse begging for your attention may need your time.\u00a0 The few minutes you give may be well worth those few extra moments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Today, take a few minutes and waste some time!\u00a0\u00a0 Take a few moments and enjoy it!\u00a0 \u00a0Stop and see the importance of those few minutes before you write them off as wasted.\u00a0 It\u2019s your choice how you want to spend your time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kathi Ackerman, MSW, LADC, LGSW<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We are always so busy.\u00a0 There are not enough hours in a day.\u00a0 I can\u2019t afford to \u201cwaste time.\u201d\u00a0 Please stop, you are wasting my time!\u00a0 Have you ever had these thoughts? I saw this quote and it made me stop and think: \u201cThe time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 &#8212;\u00a0 Bertrand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51\/revisions\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}