{"id":111490,"date":"2023-05-31T15:45:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T22:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/?p=111490"},"modified":"2023-06-01T11:23:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T18:23:33","slug":"an-inspiring-sharing-by-andreina-garban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/111490-an-inspiring-sharing-by-andreina-garban","title":{"rendered":"The Choice of My Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

A note from Samaneh Vaezi:<\/em>
\nBeloved Andreina Garban kindly shared with me a beautiful piece — I’d say a poem — she had written. It really touched my heart, and inspired me. I thought maybe other folks might find value in it, so I am sharing it with you (with her permission). It goes like this:<\/em><\/p>\n

In the midst of anger, be loving\u2026<\/p>\n

and in the midst of being loving, love some more<\/p>\n

In the midst of self-doubt, trust God\u2026<\/p>\n

and in the midst of trusting God, surrender<\/p>\n

In the midst of separation, reach out and embrace the heart\u2026<\/p>\n

and in the midst of reaching out and embracing the heart, connection will prevail<\/p>\n

In the midst of fear, observe and take a tiny step\u2026<\/p>\n

and in the midst of observing and taking a tiny step, expansion takes place<\/p>\n

In the midst of judgment, listen, let the heart speak\u2026<\/p>\n

And in the midst of listening and letting the heart speaks, acceptance embraces all<\/p>\n

In the midst of confusion, pause and love myself\u2026<\/p>\n

And in the midst of pausing and loving myself, clarity arises like a sunrise<\/p>\n

In the midst of loneliness, embrace life to the fullest\u2026<\/p>\n

And in the midst of embracing life to the fullest, joy comes to be the friendly partner<\/p>\n

In the midst of regret, forgive and be compassionate\u2026<\/p>\n

And in the midst of forgiving and being compassionate, the greatest love of all happens<\/p>\n

In the midst of this moment, gratitude and thankfulness make me smile\u2026<\/p>\n

And in the midst of all I will always have the choice of my heart.<\/p>\n

Andreina Garban<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A note from Samaneh Vaezi: Beloved Andreina Garban kindly shared with me a beautiful piece — I’d say a poem — she had written. It really touched my heart, and inspired me. I thought maybe other folks might find value in it, so I am sharing it with you (with her permission). It goes like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":111491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}