{"id":1629,"date":"2010-03-24T07:45:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:42:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:42:05","slug":"are-you-being-polished-by-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/are-you-being-polished-by-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you being polished by life?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1630\" title=\"Diamond\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/diamond.jpg?w=290\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/diamond.jpg 304w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/diamond-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>I subscribe to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.AllAboutGratitude.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quote of the Day<\/a> e-mail from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.AllAboutGratitude.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All About Gratitude<\/a>. Most of them are pretty good, but this one recently really struck me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected  without trials.&#8221;<br \/>\n~ Chinese Proverb<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I love a blog about gratitude reminding me that life&#8217;s trials aren&#8217;t to be avoided but a path to learning and growing &#8212; something to give thanks for.<br \/>\nI wrote a post like that called <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2009\/11\/23\/day-29-lifes-messy-and-thats-ok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Life&#8217;s Messy and That&#8217;s OK<\/a>, giving thanks for the imperfection of life.<br \/>\n<strong>What&#8217;s helped polish you? Or what&#8217;s polishing you now?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Did you like this post? <\/strong><br \/>\nShare  it on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Facebook<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digg<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/discover\/activity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StumbleUpon<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reddit<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fark<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Del.icio.us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I subscribe to the Quote of the Day e-mail from All About Gratitude. 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