{"id":1521,"date":"2010-11-24T13:26:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T21:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:12","slug":"loving-both-sides-of-the-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/24\/loving-both-sides-of-the-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"Loving Both Sides of the Battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/24\/loving-both-sides-of-the-battery\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F11%2F24%2Floving-both-sides-of-the-battery%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>We all know that Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks (yeah, duh!)<\/p>\n<p>But what if you&#8217;re finding it hard to be grateful for anything, because it seems like your life is just full of challenges?<\/p>\n<p>Well, traditional &#8220;positive thinking&#8221; type teachers gloss over the fact that you need to be thankful for ALL of it &#8212; the &#8220;good&#8221; and the &#8220;bad&#8221;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Otherwise, it&#8217;s like you want a battery to power your iPod or remote control using only the positive end, not the negative end.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It just ain&#8217;t gonna work.<\/p>\n<p>I just wrote a post on the LWL Worldwide blog addressing this issue, and giving you a wonderful solution that you CAN appreciate: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lwlworldwide.com\/blog\/are-you-thankful-for-the-bad-stuff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are You Thankful for the &#8220;Bad&#8221; Stuff?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all know that Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks (yeah, duh!) 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