{"id":26,"date":"2022-09-17T20:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasleftspeechless.com\/?p=26"},"modified":"2023-01-17T20:52:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T01:52:24","slug":"step-back-to-view-the-big-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Step Back to View The Big Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;It is a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation\u201d <\/p>\n<cite>Roberto Benigni<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the little things that were taken from me. The things that in normal life, we all take for granted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singing at the top of your lungs to great music as you cruise down a highway alone&nbsp;&nbsp;or with friends. The taste of an ice cold beer or glass of fine wine. The chance to share conversation over my favourite scotch whether it be a traditional single malt or a fine Mexican scotch (tequila).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chance to share a&nbsp;&nbsp;romantic meal with my wife or to sit down and enjoy a great family dinner. The ability to have in depth conversations with my sons without a huge effort for my words to be understood. That right of passage to take my sons out for their first beer as they come of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are of the few things that hurt every day but I also know that I have lived a great life to this point with some incredible experiences that I am now and always be very thankful for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve tasted the most incredible Indian curry in Kilkenny Ireland, amazing American Barbeque in London England had great sushi in the desert and lived through delicious street tacos in Guadalajara Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve traveled every corner of North America, driven incredible country roads through the United Kingdom. Rode a motorcycle through some of North America\u2019s greatest scenery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got to marry my best friend and be blessed with two incredible sons. I\u2019ve made many friendships everyplace I\u2019ve lived and traveled and am great full to still be in touch with some of my childhood friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All in all, although I catch myself missing what I don\u2019t have or what I can\u2019t do, I never lose site of the fact that I am blessed. Blessed with my life experiences and everything I have in my life today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It is a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation\u201d Roberto Benigni It\u2019s the little things that were<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/?p=26\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Step Back to View The Big Picture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasleftspeechless.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}