{"id":2041,"date":"2012-04-16T23:01:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T05:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2012-10-27T16:07:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-27T22:07:02","slug":"favourite-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/art\/writing\/favourite-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Favourite Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love that moment when I can watch someone reach beyond what they thought they were capable of doing. Their expression of comforted surprise warms me. \u00a0In them, one can see a building sense of confidence that offers up the courage to challenge themselves further until they reach another point of discomfort when they go beyond their already-stretched boundary.\u00a0I honour the courage that lies in the\u00a0point of pushing; that is my one of my favourite moments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/domestic-flowers\/leavesign.png\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Leave your cares among my lilies.\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='27bd3ad2242e4a0c92573499fe996c61' data-ngg-protect=\"1\" data-image-id=\"224\" data-src=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/domestic-flowers\/leavesign.png\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/domestic-flowers\/thumbs\/thumbs_leavesign.png\" data-title=\"Garden Sign\" data-description=\"Leave your cares among my lilies.\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Garden Sign\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Garden Sign\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"224\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/a4p\/01.jpg?t=1559829992\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Global Healing through understanding Earth&#039;s Sacredness\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass='nextgen_pro_lightbox' data-nplmodal-gallery-id='27bd3ad2242e4a0c92573499fe996c61' data-ngg-protect=\"1\" data-image-id=\"247\" data-src=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/a4p\/01.jpg?t=1559829992\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/a4p\/thumbs\/thumbs_01.jpg?t=1559829992\" data-title=\"A4Peace 2005\" data-description=\"Global Healing through understanding Earth&#039;s Sacredness\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A4Peace 2005\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"A4Peace 2005\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"247\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/a4p\/01b.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"A4Peace 2005:  Shape Shifter. 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