{"id":61035,"date":"2025-11-17T12:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=61035"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:45:06","slug":"motivational-monday-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=61035","title":{"rendered":"Motivational Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 18, 2025 – Appreciation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cWhat counts can\u2019t always be counted; what can be counted doesn\u2019t always count.\u201d<\/em>
\u2014Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
theoretical physicist, philosopher, Nobel Prize winner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStrive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are.\u201d<\/em>
\u2014Bethany Hamilton (born 1990) surfer<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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First Light, First Thanks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Coffee, beautiful sunrise, a beautiful quality to the silence of a new day dawning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shared Light<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An elegant metaphor: appreciation; passing along warmth, light, and encouragement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One person – a teacher, a mentor, a parent – is gently lighting another\u2019s candle from their own – a small, intimate gesture of gratitude, appreciation, and connection.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Everyday Helpers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you for what you do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The non-profit volunteer: \u201cEvery Job Matters. Every Hand Helps.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cAppreciation is earned in the hours no one sees.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An Appreciation Ritual<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Today we raise a glass\u2026 to the ones who keep us laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vacation Photos<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Elder Karnya<\/strong> recently returned from the Swiss Alps, where she learned to play the accordion, and her cat learned the fiddle. She wanted to share some photos….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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November 18, 2025 – Appreciation \u201cWhat counts can\u2019t always be counted; what can be counted doesn\u2019t always count.\u201d\u2014Albert Einstein (1879-1955)theoretical physicist, philosopher, Nobel Prize winner \u201cStrive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are.\u201d\u2014Bethany Hamilton (born 1990) surfer First Light, First Thanks Coffee, beautiful sunrise, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[155,154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elder-karyna","category-motivational-monday"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61035","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=61035"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61062,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61035\/revisions\/61062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}