{"id":2370,"date":"2025-12-24T03:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2370-moments-of-gratitude.html"},"modified":"2025-12-24T03:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:02:00","slug":"moments-of-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2370-moments-of-gratitude.html","title":{"rendered":"Moments of Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:3039 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"580\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/159-DJI_0545-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\nEvery time the massive body of a humpback whale surfaces next to me, the feeling is indescribable.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThere is surprise, there is fear. I feel awe, exhilaration, and joy. Finally, after the moment has passed and the sea returns to its untroubled calm, I am filled with a deep sense of gratitude.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nCombine these moments with one of the most beautiful seascapes in the world, and I realise how privileged this experience is, and how grateful I am to be here.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n#Norway #humpback #whales #Skjervoy #travel #adventure #seascape #fjords<br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every time the massive body of a humpback whale surfaces next to me, the feeling is indescribable. There is surprise, there is fear. I feel awe, exhilaration, and joy. Finally, after the moment has passed and the sea returns to its untroubled calm, I am filled with a deep sense of gratitude. Combine these moments &#8230; <a title=\"Moments of Gratitude\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/2370-moments-of-gratitude.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about Moments of Gratitude\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}