{"id":10275,"date":"2020-06-03T01:16:12","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T06:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10275"},"modified":"2020-06-03T05:33:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T10:33:38","slug":"pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=10275","title":{"rendered":"pause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/49932957048\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Buttercups\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49932957048_4cc4ba0606_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Buttercups\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buttercups<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~Wilfred Thorley<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThere must be fairy miners<br \/>\nJust underneath the mould,<br \/>\nSuch wondrous quaint designers<br \/>\nWho live in caves of gold.<\/p>\n<p>They take the shining metals,<br \/>\nAnd beat them into shreds,<br \/>\nAnd mould them into petals<br \/>\nTo make the flowers&#8217; heads.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes they melt the flowers<br \/>\nTo tiny seeds like pearls,<br \/>\nAnd store them up in bowers<br \/>\nFor little boys and girls.<\/p>\n<p>And still a tiny fan turns<br \/>\nAbove a forge of gold,<br \/>\nTo keep, with fairy lanterns,<br \/>\nThe world from growing old.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I don&#8217;t really have anything to contribute right now, except to say that there are still things of beauty in the world &#8212; kindness, generosity, hopefulness, and a sense that things can be better than they are &#8212; if we can pause and look for them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buttercups &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~Wilfred Thorley There must be fairy miners Just underneath the mould, Such wondrous quaint designers Who live in caves of gold. 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