{"id":707,"date":"2013-01-25T14:02:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/?p=707"},"modified":"2013-01-25T14:36:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T20:36:48","slug":"five-minute-friday-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/25\/five-minute-friday-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Minute Friday: Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/again.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"712\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/25\/five-minute-friday-again\/again\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/again.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"again\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/again.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/again.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-712\" alt=\"again\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pambhm.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/again.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Practice makes perfect &#8211; or so they say. Why is it that the same things that trip me up keep coming&#8230;again? Today, I&#8217;ve said &#8216;yes&#8217; when I mean &#8216;no&#8217;. This is a pattern. Paul said (my paraphrasing) I do the things I don&#8217;t want to do&#8230;again and again and again. What does it take for a true change?<\/p>\n<p>Not that every aspect of &#8216;again&#8217; is negative. Not by any means. When God gives us life and breath and hope and encouragement and provision and love and freedom &#8211; it&#8217;s AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN.<\/p>\n<p>Again symbolizes repetitiveness &#8211; like my piano practicing of days gone by. Learn to do it right! Use motor memory to burn in good decision-making, good life choices, good thoughts, good words.<\/p>\n<p>Rejoice, and AGAIN I say rejoice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lisajobaker.com\/five-minute-friday\/\" target=\"_blank\">#FiveMinuteFriday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practice makes perfect &#8211; or so they say. Why is it that the same things that trip me up keep coming&#8230;again? Today, I&#8217;ve said &#8216;yes&#8217; when I mean &#8216;no&#8217;. This is a pattern. Paul said (my paraphrasing) I do the things I don&#8217;t want to do&#8230;again and again and again. 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