{"id":92,"date":"2014-12-14T15:11:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T15:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/?p=92"},"modified":"2014-12-15T00:21:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T00:21:15","slug":"find-the-recipe-for-laughter-this-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/2014\/12\/14\/find-the-recipe-for-laughter-this-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Find the Recipe for Laughter this Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/imagesRDIIXIW1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"imagesRDIIXIW1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/12\/imagesRDIIXIW1_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"imagesRDIIXIW1\" width=\"216\" height=\"265\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">Do you remember what it was like to be a child at Christmas?\u00a0 Remember the excitement, the dreams, the wonder, the energy?\u00a0 Take some time this year to find your inner child.\u00a0 Instead of spending the entire holiday season in a panic, find some way to fit laughter into your schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">This time of year, we see people in the stores and on the roads, getting angry due to holiday\u00a0stress.\u00a0 Our workplaces become\u00a0overwhelming as we push toward the end of the year.\u00a0 We are uptight at home as we worry about getting everything ready for the holidays.\u00a0 We have forgotten the most important recipe\u00a0this\u00a0holiday season, fun and laughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">Maybe it is time we learn from the children.\u00a0 They know there is magic in the air.\u00a0 When did we lose sight of it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">This Holiday Season, stop the negative energy and\u00a0play like children.\u00a0 Stop the negative posts on Facebook and vow to only spread positive messages, preferably, funny messages.\u00a0 Don\u2019t give gifts out of obligation, give them out of love.\u00a0 Don\u2019t just send holiday cards, add a personal note of thanks.\u00a0 Maybe the magic you create will spread!\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: large;\">We, in the counseling field, know that laughter and love is the best medicine for good health.\u00a0 You have an infinite supply; pass it on!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember what it was like to be a child at Christmas?\u00a0 Remember the excitement, the dreams, the wonder, the energy?\u00a0 Take some time this year to find your inner child.\u00a0 Instead of spending the entire holiday season in a panic, find some way to fit laughter into your schedule. This time of year, [&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\/92"}],"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=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mndare.org\/WordPress\/parents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}