{"id":1910,"date":"2010-03-20T19:45:44","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T03:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2010-03-20T19:48:17","modified_gmt":"2010-03-21T03:48:17","slug":"i-dont-deserve-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2010\/i-dont-deserve-it\/","title":{"rendered":"I Don&#8217;t Deserve It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s so easy to feel that way. And believe that way also.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;What did I do to deserve this?!&#8221;<\/i> is our cry sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I need to adjust my perspective.<\/p>\n<p>No. Not perhaps. I <i>do<\/i>!<\/p>\n<p>So let me try my hand at it&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I don&#8217;t deserve this; what I <b>deserve<\/b> is far worse!<\/li>\n<li>What have I done to <b>not deserve<\/b> this?<\/li>\n<li>I remember that time I <b>didn&#8217;t get what I deserved<\/b>. And that time. And that time. And&#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So there you are.<\/p>\n<p>But I still have a hard time (sometimes) thinking I don&#8217;t deserve this. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<p>(What is this? Never mind. Just remember the lesson.)<\/p>\n<p>That aside, how about five photos? I took them yesterday and today. <!--more Five photos...but you can't see them without clicking here! --><\/p>\n<p>First of all, what fer flowers are these?<\/p>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/violet-flowers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/violet-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"unidentified violet flowers\" title=\"I don't know the identity of these violet flowers!\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/violet-flower.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/violet-flower.jpg\" alt=\"pretty violet flower\" title=\"Pretty, sun-struck violet flower\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/mark-roth-in-bushes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/mark-roth-in-bushes.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Roth in the bushes\" title=\"Here I am, amidst the bushes\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>In the bushes and sunshine, being reflective<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/sunlit-leaves.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/sunlit-leaves.jpg\" alt=\"Leaves in sunshine\" title=\"Sunlit leaves\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Part of what I saw above<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"capt-pix\"><a href=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/fenced-corner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mvp\/wp-content\/fenced-corner.jpg\" alt=\"buds, leaves, fence\" title=\"More vista from the bushes\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Vista about 90 degrees to the right (from previous photo)<\/i><\/div>\n<p>The End.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s so easy to feel that way. And believe that way also. &#8220;What did I do to deserve this?!&#8221; is our cry sometimes. Perhaps I need to adjust my perspective. No. Not perhaps. I do! So let me try my hand at it&#8230;. I don&#8217;t deserve this; what I deserve is far worse! 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