{"id":2708,"date":"2010-05-23T18:00:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=2708"},"modified":"2010-05-23T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T00:00:32","slug":"my-dear-friend-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/23\/my-dear-friend-me\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dear Friend &#038; Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2707\" title=\"Tea &amp; Friends\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/teaandfriends.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/teaandfriends.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/teaandfriends-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To me, sharing a cup of tea or coffee with friends means warmth, comfort and great conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I had coffee with Elvira\u00a0 and our conversation was mostly about friendship, everyday goddessing and sacred woo-woo. We had such a great time even though the weather was overcast and chilly. Next time,\u00a0 I have to try the french toast extravaganza that Elvira had. Yummy!<\/p>\n<p>This morning over tea with another friend, our conversation turned to the economy, the environment and the planet&#8217;s diminishing water supply. We also shared our\u00a0 family stories, goals and hopes for the near future.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\">&#8220;Let us sit my friend and share a cup of tea<br \/>\nAnd talk of our dreams and the faraway places we want to see.<br \/>\nLet us dream together and explore all of life&#8217;s mysteries.<br \/>\nJust the two of us<br \/>\nmy dear friend and me.&#8221; &#8211; Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nHere are some interesting facts;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The average shower uses 25-50 gallons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>5-7 gallons is used to flush the average toilet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The average person uses 168 gallons daily.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The average residence uses 107,000 gallons a year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The human body is 66% water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The Earth&#8217;s surface is 80% water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Only 1% of the earth&#8217;s water is suitable for drinking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u201cWater is life&#8217;s mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.\u201d &#8211; Lao Tzu<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #5a0868;\"><strong>Everyday Goddessing<\/strong> is about sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other   beautiful Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a   goddess, a wise woman,  beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul,  and that everything we  need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0  each of us. \u2013 Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To me, sharing a cup of tea or coffee with friends means warmth, comfort and great conversation. Yesterday I had coffee with Elvira\u00a0 and our conversation was mostly about friendship, everyday goddessing and sacred woo-woo. We had such a great time even though the weather was overcast and chilly. Next time,\u00a0 I have to try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[624],"tags":[666,459,908,663,894,667,668,394,664,665,211],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2708"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2735,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2708\/revisions\/2735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}