(1) Water runs freely and creates deep,<\/p>\n
crystal clear pools.<\/p>\n
(2) Great spruce trees and pines stretch to the sky<\/p>\n
and grow lush and green.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
(3) Stop\u2026and listen<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (4) Listen to the water as it trickles over the stones;<\/p>\n Listen to the roars of distant waterfalls as they make<\/p>\n their presence known.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (5) Stop\u2026and smell.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (6) Smell the subtle yet familiar scents of<\/p>\n the great Red Cedars, the Sitka Spruces, the Western Hemlocks,<\/p>\n and the Douglas-firs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (7) Stop\u2026and feel.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n (8) Feel Mother Earth\u2019s embrace;<\/p>\n let the warmth of the sun invite you,<\/p>\n let the headiness of all the scents entice you,<\/p>\n let the waters give you a sense of calm,<\/p>\n let the trees take you back home.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (9) Stop\u2026and just be.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n (10) Escape from the concrete jungle<\/p>\n if only for a moment.<\/p>\n Escape from the maddening crowd,<\/p>\n if only for a while,<\/p>\n And just be.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (1) Water runs freely and creates deep, crystal clear pools. (2) Great spruce trees and pines stretch to the sky and grow lush and green. (3) Stop\u2026and listen. (4) Listen to the water as it trickles over the stones; Listen to the roars of distant waterfalls as they make their presence known. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43302,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled445\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled445\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled445\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled445\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43302"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled445\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled445\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled445\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled445\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled445\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lled445\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}