{"id":62200,"date":"2017-08-12T21:12:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T02:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=62200"},"modified":"2021-06-02T21:39:42","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T02:39:42","slug":"manvotional-daily-desire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/manly-lessons\/manvotional-daily-desire\/","title":{"rendered":"Manvotional: My Daily Desire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/my-daily-desire.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/my-daily-desire.jpg\" alt=\"Painting man sitting on bed putting shoes on for work.\" width=\"600\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/my-daily-desire.jpg 600w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/my-daily-desire-320x257.jpg 320w, https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2017\/01\/my-daily-desire-400x321.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"gstxt_hlt\">&#8220;My Daily Desire&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"gstxt_hlt\">By Thomas Dekker<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"gstxt_hlt\">To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face<\/span>; to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains; to approach my work with a clear mind; to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the Ultimate Purpose toward which I am working; to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart; to be gentle and kind and courteous through all the hours; to approach the night with the weariness that ever woos sleep and the joy that comes from work well done\u2014this is how I desire to waste wisely my days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My Daily Desire&#8221; By Thomas Dekker To awaken each 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