{"id":149,"date":"2013-01-28T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/5-things-i-havent-forgotten\/"},"modified":"2013-01-28T08:41:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T08:41:00","slug":"5-things-i-havent-forgotten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/5-things-i-havent-forgotten\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things I Haven&#8217;t Forgotten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/epicliving.blogs.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c78f953ef015433b5e4f0970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thinking\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c78f953ef015433b5e4f0970c\" src=\"http:\/\/epicliving.blogs.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c78f953ef015433b5e4f0970c-800wi\" title=\"Thinking\" \/><\/a>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>The following are 5 things I haven&#39;t forgotten along the way of my travels:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>It will be my life that will be measured in eternity.&#0160; God won&#39;t be spending 60% of his time with me asking about my career and money choices.&#0160; It&#39;ll be a part of the conversation, just not as big as it often can be in this world.&#0160;&#0160;<\/li>\n<li>Relationships are hard work.&#0160; In America, we have this obsession with ease and pleasure.&#0160; In some areas this is totally appropriate.&#0160; In a relationship (you fill in the blank) ease and pleasure come as a result of the hard work.&#0160; It&#39;s hard work because anything worth your time should require something big from you.<\/li>\n<li>I can&#39;t fix or save anybody.&#0160; All I can do is offer with encouragement and kindness.&#0160; The choice to do something is totally out of my control.&#0160; After watching many of my family members experience the affects of alcohol and <a class=\"zem_slink\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Substance_abuse\" rel=\"wikipedia\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Substance abuse\">drug abuse<\/a>, I know this well.<\/li>\n<li>Change is a part of life and you&#39;d better be prepared to face ridicule for embracing it.&#0160; 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