{"id":722,"date":"2014-01-29T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T07:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=722"},"modified":"2014-01-29T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T07:04:06","slug":"today-time-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/today-time-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Today Time Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I woke up with bodyache and a sore throat. And initially i thought to go office. But at the same time, I feel my body so heavy. My wife came with our daughter, and so I was discussing with her if I should rest at home, or should go to office.<\/p>\n<p>As i took out my business shirt, and about to change, our daughter stood up and said,&#8221;<strong>Today Time Off<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We both laughed, and she smiled cheeky. I was not sure if i should listen to our 17 months girl or should i make my own decision. There are times she just said &#8220;nonsense&#8221; things and we took it too seriously.<\/p>\n<p>But those words made me think, if we seriously need to have Time Off. Very often we neglect it. Even Sunday we busy with a lot of things. I guess Time Off in her simple mind, time for her. Not doing my own things. Switched off everything else.<\/p>\n<p>So yah, i think I really need that. We all need it, a time off&#8230;everything else just stop, or we stop from everything else, As Psalmist says,<em>&#8220;Be still, and know that I am God.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning I woke up with bodyache and a sore throat. And initially i thought to go office. But at the same time, I feel my body so heavy. 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