{"id":1930,"date":"2011-02-14T23:03:29","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T03:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=1930"},"modified":"2011-02-14T23:10:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T03:10:56","slug":"monday-night-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2011\/02\/14\/monday-night-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday night &#8211; valentines day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentines day folks.. I know, i know.. it&#8217;s more about Hallmark cards\u00a0 than about true emotion..\u00a0 .. but ..it&#8217;s a good time to think about love in our lives. Diane gave a great yoga class this evening centered around love.. lots of good music, lots of heart opening exercises.. During the initial meditation , Diane asked us to reflect on all the different kinds of love in our lives:<\/p>\n<p>love of a child.. &#8211;\u00a0 you don&#8217;t really get to choose this one<\/p>\n<p>Love of a mate &#8211; here you do get to choose<\/p>\n<p>Love of parents &#8211; comes very naturally<\/p>\n<p>Love of siblings<\/p>\n<p>Love of a pet<\/p>\n<p>Love of self.. &#8211; this one isn&#8217;t always so easy.. the Buddhists call this Maitre.<\/p>\n<p>Love of life<\/p>\n<p>New love<\/p>\n<p>Old love<\/p>\n<p>Love of a favorite soldering iron (oh yes.. it&#8217;s true)<\/p>\n<p>Love of being outdoors,<\/p>\n<p>Love of heart shaped vegetarian meatballs and cake on heart shaped cakes like we had for dinner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/feb1411-004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1931\" title=\"feb1411 004\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/feb1411-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/feb1411-004.jpg 600w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/feb1411-004.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/feb1411-004.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/feb1411-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1932\" title=\"feb1411 006\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/feb1411-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/feb1411-006.jpg 600w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/feb1411-006.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/feb1411-006.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m greatful to be surrounded by love.. hope you are as well..<\/p>\n<p>nite folks, nite sam.. we are sending you love tonight..<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n<p>ps. Here&#8217;s a great picture that friend Hanna took at tim and jen&#8217;s shortly after Sam died&#8230;. The wind shook the camera in just the right way.\u00a0 this is for you , Sam !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/heart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"heart\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>pss. Brother billy was on the f<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/metropolitan\/7426069.html\">ront page of the Houston Chronicle <\/a>this morning with his latest invention.. A minimally invasive way to tie off the atrieal appendage . A perfect tribute for valentines day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Valentines day folks.. I know, i know.. it&#8217;s more about Hallmark cards\u00a0 than about true emotion..\u00a0 .. but ..it&#8217;s a good time to think about love in our lives. Diane gave a great yoga class this evening centered around love.. lots of good music, lots of heart opening exercises.. 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