{"id":2754,"date":"2012-06-20T10:23:57","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T14:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2023-07-02T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T15:41:19","slug":"moon-thrush-and-daffodil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/?p=2754","title":{"rendered":"Moon, Thrush, and Daffodil"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been hearing a thrush occasionally.\u00a0 I rejoice that there\u2019s still one in my woods.\u00a0 We used to have lots of them, but their winter habitat (rainforest maybe?) is disappearing.
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Song of the Thrush<\/a><\/p>\n

Years ago, when I was in a very despairing place, I wanted to pray but could not feel that there was any being out there to pray to.\u00a0 Writing that, I realize that nowadays I just pray and don\u2019t worry about who hears it.\u00a0 But at that time, the universe was empty of Spirit.\u00a0 I thought of the three most beautiful things I know:\u00a0 The Moon, The Daffodil, and the Song of the Thrush, and prayed to the being that created them.\u00a0 There\u2019s a moment in the spring, when the daffodils are blooming, that it\u2019s possible to have all three at once.<\/p>\n

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NOTHING is so beautiful as spring\u2014
\nWhen weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;
\nThrush\u2019s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush
\nThrough the echoing timber does so rinse and wring
\nThe ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing;
\n First verse of Spring by Gerard Manley Hopkins<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been hearing a thrush occasionally.\u00a0 I rejoice that there\u2019s still one in my woods.\u00a0 We used to have lots of them, but their winter habitat (rainforest maybe?) is disappearing. Song of the Thrush Years ago, when I was in … Continue reading →<\/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":[8,5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-depression","category-healing","category-spirit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennydeupree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}