{"id":2503,"date":"2023-04-30T13:04:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2023-04-30T13:04:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T13:04:57","slug":"lessons-from-unwelcome-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/?p=2503","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from Unwelcome Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chapter 18 <br><br>Welcome to the week 18 of 2023 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amidst the green blades of grass so fair,<br>In the lawn where we take care,<br>Lies a sight of sorrow and woe,<br>Weeds, they sprout and grow and show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Matthew, a parable was told,<br>Of good seeds sowed in fields of gold,<br>Yet amongst the crops, weeds did appear,<br>A gardener&#8217;s fear, a problem severe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what if we look beyond the tale,<br>And see the beauty amidst the wail,<br>Of these plants that grow without a care,<br>Roots that reach, branches that flare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Undesirable, invasive, they say,<br>Weeds that grow and spread each day,<br>But do we see the lessons they impart,<br>In the struggles of their resilient heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For they fight to survive and stand tall,<br>Amidst the chaos and the brawl,<br>A reminder to persevere and strive,<br>To grow strong and fight to stay alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weeds may be despised and shunned,<br>But they&#8217;re the pioneers of barren ground,<br>Their roots dig deep, their will is strong,<br>Growing where others can&#8217;t belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So let us not dismiss these unwelcome guests,<br>For they may have more to teach than we may guess,<br>In their struggle for life and space,<br>They show us how to survive and thrive in any place.<br><br>Philemon <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 18 Welcome to the week 18 of 2023 Amidst the green blades of grass so fair,In the lawn where we take care,Lies a sight of sorrow and woe,Weeds, they sprout and grow and show. In Matthew, a parable was told,Of good seeds sowed in fields of gold,Yet amongst the crops, weeds did appear,A gardener&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/?p=2503\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lessons from Unwelcome Guests&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monday-morning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2504,"href":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503\/revisions\/2504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}