{"id":10196,"date":"2022-02-09T07:53:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T12:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/?p=10196"},"modified":"2022-02-11T18:37:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T23:37:38","slug":"ttot_feb11_2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/ttot_feb11_2022\/","title":{"rendered":"TTOT &#8211; February  11, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"font-inherit\">Walking by Inner Vision Blog<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"font-inherit\">by Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"font-inherit\"><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"font-inherit\"><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"font-inherit\"><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"font-inherit\">~ Weekly\u00a0 Thoughts ~<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_9643\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n<div id=\"attachment_9549\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9549\" data-attachment-id=\"9549\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/ten-things-of-thanks_sept-3_2021\/birthdayportrait_aug27_2021\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Birthdayportrait_Aug27_2021.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Birthdayportrait_Aug27_2021\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lynda McKinney Lambert sits at her dining room table beside a bouquet of lavender flowers. She is dressed in lilac and is smiling.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo of Lynda McKinney Lambert  &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Birthdayportrait_Aug27_2021.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9549\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Birthdayportrait_Aug27_2021.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Author Lynda McKinney Lambert.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Birthdayportrait_Aug27_2021.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Birthdayportrait_Aug27_2021.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Birthdayportrait_Aug27_2021.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Birthdayportrait_Aug27_2021.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Birthdayportrait_Aug27_2021.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Lynda McKinney Lambert<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"font-inherit\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Ten Things of Thankful Blog Hop<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0One:\u00a0 \u00a0An afternoon nap on a super-charged Friday.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Two: <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Our daughter&#8217;s help at the grocery store and help in getting the groceries put away when we got home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Three:\u00a0 Readers who sent me notes in response to my last TTOT post. Thank you!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Four:\u00a0 A flashlight that does not require batteries &#8211; I use it ever night when the dogs need to go outside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Five:\u00a0 Writing poems in all seasons and in all circumstances.\u00a0 When I am not writing poems, I am thinking of writing poems as I walk through my day, in my mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Six:\u00a0 \u00a0My dogs and I are early risers &#8211; my favorite time of the night is the Fourth Watch &#8211; and we are outside in all seasons. The night sky is glorious.\u00a0 There is an overall sense of majesty.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seven:\u00a0 When I am walking in the snow, I am often thinking of all of the flower bulbs I planted in the fall. I envision them as stirring beneath the frozen earth, and growing roots, in preparation for a gran appearance on the early Spring stage. I know it is going to be a spectacular appearance once the curtain has lifted.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Eight:\u00a0 \u00a0The mail delivery people.\u00a0 the ones who drive the rural delivery truck ad put the mail in a mailbox along the road. Also, the ones who trudge through the snow and walk over ice to bring the packages to my porch. I wave and shout\u00a0 out to them, &#8220;Thank You.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nice: <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 Dinner with my husband and our daughter last night at a little local restaurant.\u00a0 They had dinner and I had breakfast.\u00a0 I\u00a0 also had a supernatural revelation while dining and you can read about it in my post on The Evergreen Journal #5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ten:\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>I am thnking\u00a0 as I sit in the darkness of my office this morning. I listen to the clock ticking on the wall and the traffic on the highway. I am most thankful that on such days I can stay home and enjoy my day as it unfolds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10003\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-10003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"font-inherit\"><strong>A Joyful Bonus for Today!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Just Published &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/the-evergreen-journal-5-dreams-on-your-horizon\/?fbclid=IwAR3dmZ8mgwUyYiyiMCLZkK__7P4AbTYi47bXcDnJpQrzdbZ9K2Jkx6flnLs<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>I invite YOU to think about things you are thankful for today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wrapper\" class=\"wrapper m-font-size font-alegreya-sans align-center\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"container container-single relative font-inherit\">\n<div id=\"container-inside\" class=\"block-inside\">\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"content l-content-rsb m-full s-full font-inherit\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-9409\" class=\"content-single post-content post-area post-author-id-1 font-inherit post-9409 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-lynda-mckinney-lambert-poems category-ten-things-of-thankful tag-art tag-blogs tag-books tag-christianity tag-clarity tag-divine-guidance tag-dreams tag-gifts tag-gratitude tag-inspiration tag-journal tag-lisa-tomey tag-lynda-mckinney-lambert tag-nature-2 tag-poetry tag-ten-things-of-thankful tag-themes tag-ttt tag-writing\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-body\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"inlinkz-widget\">\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"font-inherit\"><strong>You are invited to the\u00a0Inlinkz\u00a0link party!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fresh.inlinkz.com\/p\/8b815123dc9e4925946ec4e585d967e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to enter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"jp-post-flair\" class=\"sharedaddy sd-like-enabled sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title font-inherit\">SHARE THIS with your FRIENDS<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sd-title font-inherit\">YOU are invited to the <strong>Inlinkz<\/strong>\u00a0link party!<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sd-title font-inherit\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fresh.inlinkz.com\/p\/53114aa5746b4b89a15d522242cfbbae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to enter<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Share in the fun.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_9586\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9586\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/ten-things-of-thanks_sept-3_2021\/ttot_photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TTOT_Photo.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"TTOT_Photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ten Things of Thankful Blog Hop&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lyndalambert.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/TTOT_Photo.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9586 jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled\" style=\"border: 0px; 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