{"id":1159,"date":"2022-03-06T21:55:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T05:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justonelook.org\/natural\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2025-07-06T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T23:03:59","slug":"podcast-ep-41-a-celebration-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justonelook.org\/natural\/2022\/03\/podcast-ep-41-a-celebration-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Celebration of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.justonelook.org\/natural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/John.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.justonelook.org\/natural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/John.jpg?resize=234%2C293&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1162\" width=\"234\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.justonelook.org\/natural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/John.jpg?resize=644%2C805&amp;ssl=1 644w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.justonelook.org\/natural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/John.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.justonelook.org\/natural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/John.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.justonelook.org\/natural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/John.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>John William Sherman<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-content-container\">\n<audio controls>\n  <source src=\"https:\/\/www.justonelook.org\/assets\/audio\/TJSP-EP0041-Celebration_of_Life.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"\/>\n  Your browser does not support the audio tag.\n<\/audio>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">It is said that before entering the sea <br \/>a river trembles with fear.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">She looks back at the path she has traveled,<br \/>from the peaks of the mountains,<br \/>the long winding road crossing forests and villages.<br \/>And in front of her,<br \/>she sees an ocean so vast,<br \/>that to enter there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.<br \/>But there is no other way.<br \/>The river cannot go back.<br \/>Nobody can go back.<br \/>To go back is impossible in existence.<br \/>The river needs to take the risk<br \/>of entering the ocean<br \/>because only then will fear disappear,<br \/>because that\u2019s where the river will know<br \/>it\u2019s not about disappearing into the ocean,<br \/>but of becoming the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khalil Gibran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Sherman left his body and became the ocean on September 29, 2021. 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