{"id":28174,"date":"2019-04-04T20:36:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T01:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=28174"},"modified":"2019-04-04T20:36:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T01:36:44","slug":"video-when-life-gets-stressful-rain-sounds-can-be-peaceful-cure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=28174","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: When life gets stressful, rain sounds can be peaceful cure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Listen-to-the-Rain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28175\" src=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Listen-to-the-Rain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Listen-to-the-Rain.jpg 460w, https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Listen-to-the-Rain-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I tend to get too busy and too stressed about what\u2019s going on in my daily life to relax and pay attention to what\u2019s around me. Maybe you do, too.<\/p>\n<p>This evening, I parked my car \u2014 intending to run into a store and then run home \u2014 but something stopped me. I found myself thinking about how much I needed the peace that comes from shutting up the monkey mind in my head and becoming part of nature around me.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the two-minute video to hear my thoughts &#8212; and some sounds of falling rain.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->If you have trouble with the video, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=foilIYP42ao\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here to view on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/foilIYP42ao\" width=\"460\" height=\"289\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I tend to get too busy and too stressed about what\u2019s going on in my daily life to relax and pay attention to what\u2019s around me. Maybe you do, too. This evening, I parked my car \u2014 intending to run into a store and then run home \u2014 but something stopped me. 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