{"id":232,"date":"2008-10-19T20:06:41","date_gmt":"2008-10-20T01:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewannabegourmet.com\/?p=232"},"modified":"2009-11-25T00:30:54","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T05:30:54","slug":"a-season-in-your-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewannabegourmet.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"A Season In Your Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='text-align:left' class='yasr-auto-insert-visitor'><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewannabegourmet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/coolclips_natu0735.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-233\" title=\"coolclips_natu0735\" src=\"https:\/\/thewannabegourmet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/coolclips_natu0735.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a>In what seems like a completely different lifetime, I used to sing&#8230; not for money, but in front of an audience. One of my favourite tunes was called &#8220;A Season In Your Path.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I was touched by a phrase I once read that said &#8220;People come into your life for a moment, a reason, or a season.&#8221; Nothing lasts forever &#8212; the thing that matters is what we do with the time that we have been allotted. Make a positive difference. Learn to build up instead of tear down. Be a catalyst for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s on days like today, when it was chill, the wind was whipping the leaves off the trees and blowing them down to oblivion, when I came to realize exactly what my grandmother, whom I lost last month, meant when she said that &#8220;the older you grow, the faster time goes. There is no holding back the hands of time.&#8221; She was a wise woman, on in her 85 3\/4 journeys through the calendar, she saw many emotions &#8212; from elation to heartbreak. She was the kind of sturdy stock, however, that always gave thanks &#8212; even when someone she loved died. 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