{"id":735,"date":"2007-10-25T13:09:25","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T13:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/10\/walking_novels.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:32","slug":"walking_novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2007\/10\/walking_novels.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Walking Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A good reminder from <a href=\"http:\/\/patrickmead.net\/tentpegs\/?p=257\">Patrick Mead<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Treat everyone special today. They are having a hard time of it. They are novels that will never be written. Instead, they will be lived out, a 3D play about good and evil, darkness and light.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It always seems that folks have it all together, and I don&#8217;t.  Take heart &#8211; none of us do.  We&#8217;re just good actors.<br \/>\nAlso good to keep in mind when you think that there&#8217;s not much for you to do to minister to the people around you.  There is, they just hide their needs well.  Go love them and see what happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good reminder from Patrick Mead: Treat everyone special today. They are having a hard time of it. They are novels that will never be written. 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