{"id":8,"date":"2004-02-13T10:01:14","date_gmt":"2004-02-13T14:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/?p=8"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"small-uppers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"Small uppers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, when you are feeling down, small things can improve your mood.  A bit of appreciation, some slight recognition, can bring a feeling of appreciation that makes everything seem brighter.<\/p>\n<p>Lately I have been feeling a bit down, not enjoying work, not feeling as though my efforts elsewhere matter or are appreciated.   Last night at the Lenape Round Table I was asked if I would do the Whittlin&#8217; Chip presentation for my old Cub Scout Pack&#8217;s Bear Den.  I left the Cubmaster position of this pack about four years ago.  Since a pack turns over completely every 5 years, I was thrilled that someone even remembered me, let alone remembered my interest in teaching scouts about knives.<\/p>\n<p>Add to this a positive comment about the Council Website in the general meeting, and a better than average OA meeting, and somehow the whole world seems brighter.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s strange how just a few &#8220;strokes&#8221; can make you feel better, and the lack of them can get you down.  Something I need to always keep in mind when dealing with people around me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, when you are feeling down, small things can improve your mood. A bit of appreciation, some slight recognition, can bring a feeling of appreciation that makes everything seem brighter. Lately I have been feeling a bit down, not enjoying work, not feeling as though my efforts elsewhere matter or are appreciated. Last night at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.folsoms.net\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}