{"id":528,"date":"2017-06-21T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blueeyeart.com\/2017\/06\/an-exchange-of-hear\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T21:27:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T21:27:30","slug":"an-exchange-of-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueeyeart.com\/an-exchange-of-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"An Exchange of the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"541\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blueeyeart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6-21-2017-exchange-of-heart-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueeyeart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6-21-2017-exchange-of-heart-s.jpg 541w, https:\/\/blueeyeart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/6-21-2017-exchange-of-heart-s-480x532.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 541px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An Exchange of the Heart : <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The markers keep pointing ahead toward where I need to go.<br>They are the good markers and they are the right markers<br>And they continue to talk to me and point me down a “right” path.<br>They are created by my prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once in a while I will look down the “other way”,<br>Sometimes longingly wondering what I am missing,<br>Sometimes grateful that I have been shown this path I have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are those I wish to follow,<br>Those I may even think I’m suppose to follow,<br>Who will take a piece of flesh,<br>Or I will give a piece of flesh<br>From inside my chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And they will move off, down and away on their branch of the path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These people are the ones I can only try and believe<br>Are somehow better with a piece of me in their hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And did I obtain a piece of them in return?<br>Was it given out of love or did I take it without respect?<br>Only they would know this answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This exchange of the heart is not easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But tomorrow I will look up from my feet<br>And see the next marker,<br>And take the next branch in the path<br>Down through the trees and stones<br>Where there is always someone else to meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my Journey<br>— Nate Long “Owl”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The markers keep pointing ahead toward where I need to go.They are the good markers and they are the right markersAnd they continue to talk to me and point me down a “right” path.They are created by my prayer. 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