{"id":427,"date":"2017-03-09T19:38:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T03:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=427"},"modified":"2017-03-11T12:03:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T20:03:31","slug":"with-that-moon-language-by-hafiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=427","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;With That Moon Language&#8221; by Hafiz"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Admit something:\r\nEveryone you see, you say to them, \"Love me.\"\r\n\r\nOf course you do not do this out loud, otherwise\r\nsomeone would call the cops.\r\n\r\nStill, though, think about this, this great pull in us to connect.\r\n\r\nWhy not become the one who lives with a \r\nfull moon in each eye that is\r\nalways saying,\r\n\r\nwith that sweet moon language,\r\nwhat every other eye in \r\nthis world is\r\ndying to\r\nhear?\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">from <em>Love Poems from God.<\/em> Published by Penguin Compass. Copyright \u00a9 2002 by Daniel Ladinsky, Ed.<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><em>Why not become the one who lives with a full moon in each eye?<\/em> Can you think of a time recently when you spoke that sweet moon language? How often do you show love to others with what you say and do?\u00a0 And . . . how often are these people strangers? Maybe as we move through the Lenten season this poem might help us remember to offer small acts of kindness throughout our day, and more importantly, to reflect with gratitude on those who have offered them to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admit something: Everyone you see, you say to them, &#8220;Love me.&#8221; Of course you do not do this out loud, otherwise someone would call the cops. Still, though, think about this, this great pull in us to connect. Why not become the one who lives with a full moon in each eye that is always &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/?p=427\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;With That Moon Language&#8221; by Hafiz<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems-for-contemplation","category-prayer","category-spirituality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471,"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprovinceofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}