{"id":38878,"date":"2024-10-29T10:40:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=38878"},"modified":"2024-10-29T10:40:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T15:40:03","slug":"the-stick-of-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=38878","title":{"rendered":"The Stick of Destiny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UC#3 was recently entrusted with the Stick of Destiny<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Circle of Life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Stick of Destiny<\/em><\/strong> often accompanies the major moments of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Historical Stick of Destiny<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Misappropriation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the Stick of Destiny<\/em><\/strong> is used for crass business dealings. This is not cool, and destiny has a way of righting these wrongs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Stick of Destiny: Many Peoples, Many Cultures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Failures of the Stick of Destiny<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In all honesty, the Stick of Destiny<\/em><\/strong> was never intended to be used in Olympic sports or symphony conducting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Transfer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the transfer of the Stick of Destiny<\/em><\/strong> is enshrined in glorious pomp and ceremony. Other time, a quite dignity marks the transfer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quiet Dignity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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A Sacred Trust – The Defense of the Stick of Destiny<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Beware: some will attempt to use their small Sticks of Destiny<\/strong> for their own greedy and nefarious purposes. Keep the SOD away from them at all costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UC#3 was recently entrusted with the Stick of Destiny. The Circle of Life The Stick of Destiny often accompanies the major moments of life. The Historical Stick of Destiny Misappropriation Sometimes the Stick of Destiny is used for crass business dealings. This is not cool, and destiny has a way of righting these wrongs. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-of-the-elders","category-meaning-of-life"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38878"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38942,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38878\/revisions\/38942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}