{"id":20449,"date":"2025-11-27T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20449"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:24:36","slug":"gratitude-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20449","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Happy Thanksgiving<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"563\" data-attachment-id=\"20450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=20450\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C2057&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2057\" 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;1703107623&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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"724829223.819961\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961-scaled.jpg?fit=700%2C563&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961.jpg?resize=700%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20450\" style=\"width:454px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C823&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C617&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1234&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1645&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961-scaled.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/724829223.819961-scaled.jpg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cGratitude, like interest, compounds.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thanks-Thousand-Gratitude-Journey-Books-ebook\/dp\/B07CMMHGNN\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1544465182&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=thanks+a+thousand+a+gratitude+journey\">Thanks a Thousand<\/a><\/em> by A.J. Jacobs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eat, drink and be merry. The photo is from the Dallas Botanical Garden a decade ago. Good things last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thanksgiving \u201cGratitude, like interest, compounds.\u201d From Thanks a Thousand by A.J. 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