{"id":71926,"date":"2017-11-23T15:19:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-23T22:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=71926"},"modified":"2017-11-23T15:19:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T22:19:59","slug":"smile-of-gratitude-happy-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/11\/23\/smile-of-gratitude-happy-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Smile of gratitude. Happy Thanksgiving."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Ven. Bhante Y. Wimala<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This morning as I woke up and opened my eyes I felt the rays of rising sun touching my face. I got up and looked through the window. Sky was painted with shades of red, pink and yellow. As the colors in the sky slowly changed, the trees, branches and bushes were perfectly still. No cars or people around to be seen. Deep silence and soothing quietness enriched the experience of beautiful sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>Today is the Thanksgiving Day here in the USA. Nobody seems to be awake yet to appreciate the magic of this magnificent sunrise. Yet, whether you see it or not the sun will rise every morning, often bursting with breath taking beauty. Humans and animals, plants and insects, all living beings and all living things are blessed and nurtured by the mysterious energy of the sun every day.<\/p>\n<p>I sat on my bed and crossed my legs. It is time for morning meditation. I closed my eyes and relaxed the body. The clear picture of the colorful sunrise so alive in my mind. The colors of the sky and the warm rays of the sun, peace and the stillness all have touched my heart deeply. I feel awake to the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Positive, peaceful feelings fill my mind. A smile flows from my heart. A smile of gratitude, a smile of thankfulness, a smile of appreciation, a smile for all the people who have crossed the path of my life.\u00a0 As we celebrate this special Thanksgiving Day I share with you this smile of gratitude, the smile of thankfulness and the smile of appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>I wish that everyday the magic and the beauty of the sunrise will nurture and brighten up your day as you awaken to experience a new day. I wish that you would go to bed everyday with feelings of gratitude and thankfulness for life and experience calm, restful and peaceful sleep.\u00a0 Happy Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>May you be well, happy and peaceful.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ven. Bhante Y. Wimala<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ven. Bhante Y. Wimala This morning as I woke up and opened my eyes I felt the rays of rising sun touching my face. I got up and looked through the window. Sky was painted with shades of red, pink and yellow. As the colors in the sky slowly changed, the trees, branches and bushes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}