{"id":205,"date":"2018-10-24T07:22:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/?p=205"},"modified":"2018-10-24T07:22:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:22:26","slug":"response-to-ruiz-rivera-light-from-many-lamps-ii-this-too-shall-pass-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/2018\/10\/24\/response-to-ruiz-rivera-light-from-many-lamps-ii-this-too-shall-pass-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to Ruiz Rivera &#8211; Light From Many Lamps II: This, too, shall pass away"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"R7auVwbtUA\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/insightsofakahuna\/2018\/10\/21\/part-ii-this-too-shall-pass-away-by-paul-hamilton-hayne\/\">Light From Many Lamps II: This, too, shall pass away<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Light From Many Lamps II: This, too, shall pass away&#8221; &#8212; Insights of a Kahuna\" src=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/insightsofakahuna\/2018\/10\/21\/part-ii-this-too-shall-pass-away-by-paul-hamilton-hayne\/embed\/#?secret=ljDN9JxrTe#?secret=R7auVwbtUA\" data-secret=\"R7auVwbtUA\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ruiz,<\/p>\n<p>I appreciated your thoughts on the story from Light from Many Lamps with the history of the motto, &#8220;This, too, shall pass away.&#8221; The reminder that all things in this life &#8211; good, bad and ugly &#8211; are temporary is a truth which can help us grow, endure hardship, and persevere through tough circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>I love your attitude about challenging yourself, setting big goals and not being afraid to dream. Taking on this MA Lead program has definitely been a challenge for me and I hear you when you express your desire to grow so that you can make a great impact on society. That is an honourable goal!<\/p>\n<p>I would certainly agree with you that life can end up a little less than rewarding when we achieve goals which we believed would be fulfilling and meaningful. As a follower of Jesus, I&#8217;m reminded that in many ways this world and the life I live here will never fully satisfy the deepest desires inside of me, regardless of what kind of academic achievement or career success or financial gain I&#8217;m able to find. There will always be something beyond the limits of what I&#8217;ve achieved which will continue to pull me forward.<\/p>\n<p>So, in some ways, the motto reminds us that all things shall pass away and, yet, perhaps this is an expression of a deeper desire for something eternal, something everlasting, something which will never, ever pass away. I have found that the ability to fix my eyes and my heart on those things are what allow me to find meaning, purpose, hope and fulfillment.<\/p>\n<p>You have many people cheering you on in this journey of discovery!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Light From Many Lamps II: This, too, shall pass away Ruiz, I appreciated your thoughts on the story from Light from Many Lamps with the history of the motto, &#8220;This, too, shall pass away.&#8221; The reminder that all things in this life &#8211; good, bad and ugly &#8211; are temporary is a truth which can &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/2018\/10\/24\/response-to-ruiz-rivera-light-from-many-lamps-ii-this-too-shall-pass-away\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Response to Ruiz Rivera &#8211; Light From Many Lamps II: This, too, shall pass away&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,53,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ldrs500","category-light-from-many-lamps","category-unit-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}