{"id":957,"date":"2012-02-20T20:25:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T01:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=957"},"modified":"2012-02-20T20:25:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T01:25:44","slug":"i-believe-i-can-fly-like-an-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=957","title":{"rendered":"I believe I can fly like an eagle…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2000, a relationship came to a close. I had no one to buy Christmas presents for, so I treated myself to one. This eagle pendant (sans diamond, at purchase), from J.C. Penny.\u00a0 I liked the looks of the “diamond cut” (which is what his wings and feathers are designed out of). On the back (unbeknownst to me at the time), is the Bible verse Isiah 40:31:<\/p>\n

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.<\/em><\/p>\n

A year later, I came across someone else who had a matching eagle: a dynamic lady by the name of Rip Sharp. Hers had the scripture on the back as well.<\/p>\n

In 2005, I had the 1\/3 rd carat diamond mounted to his talons, making him a one of a kind eagle.<\/p>\n

In 2007, I walked away from organized religion once and for all. While I don’t wear the eagle that often any more (he resides in a safe deposit box), I still like him enough to not want to rid myself of him. As an eagle, he speaks to the Shamanistic side of my Cherokee heritage.<\/p>\n

Since mid 2007, actually, the only necklace I wear is the Blue beaded “Believe” necklace, the matching fob of which is buried with my Grandma Cottle.<\/p>\n

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It’s to remind me that no matter what, I MUST Believe in myself, my talents, my gifts, and what\/who I am.<\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/ibiy.mp3]\n

Silver Blue, who finds so much to believe in, in the here and now, if one only opens their eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2000, a relationship came to a close. I had no one to buy Christmas presents for, so I treated myself to one. This eagle pendant (sans diamond, at purchase), from J.C. Penny.\u00a0 I liked the looks of the “diamond cut” (which is what his wings and feathers are designed out of). On the back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[148,288,419,198,147,384],"class_list":["post-957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-believe","tag-canon","tag-diamond","tag-eagle","tag-necklace","tag-xti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":960,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957\/revisions\/960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}