{"id":312,"date":"2021-10-11T02:56:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T02:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=312"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:50:09","slug":"finding-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=312","title":{"rendered":"Finding Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Trees-e1633760146491-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Trees-e1633760146491-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Trees-e1633760146491-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Trees-e1633760146491-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">This blog started as a collection of journal entries\u2026I collected little bits of inspiration from things I read, songs I heard, and the poems that came to me in times of quiet reflection.&nbsp; I was searching for a piece of me that had gone missing, and I needed to focus on the good things in my life.&nbsp; For, no matter who you are, I\u2019m sure by now you have discovered that life is messy.&nbsp; Between parenting and work and all the busyness of life, I had lost my \u201cself\u201d in the mess.&nbsp; So gathered here on these pages are some of the bits and pieces that came to me as I rediscovered who that inner \u201cself\u201d really is.&nbsp; In the process I learned that I was still there, underneath all that mess\u2026and I learned that some of the things that I find beautiful and inspirational can also be an inspiration to others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I encourage you, as you go from this place, to take some quiet time alone and reconnect with the \u201cself\u201d that is within you.&nbsp; Perhaps, like me, you will discover that it isn\u2019t as hard to find as you had imagined.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The following poem describes a distinct moment for me where, in a time of quiet reflection, I rediscovered who I am. 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