{"id":149,"date":"2008-02-13T01:33:28","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T01:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.tarogold.com\/2008\/02\/13\/the-tao-of-dad\/"},"modified":"2020-08-07T04:37:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T04:37:27","slug":"the-tao-of-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/the-tao-of-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tao of Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Synopsis of The <em>Tao of Dad<\/em><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><em style=\"font-size: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Noto Serif';\">(by Andrews McMeel Publishing)<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Pyhvri\"><em>The Tao of Dad<\/em><\/a> celebrates the nobility and courage of men\u2014the leaders, the thinkers, the teachers, and the soldiers\u2014who shape our world today. Real words about real life show us how we can be wiser and happier, when we open our hearts and minds.<\/p>\n<p>Taro Gold\u2019s life has been enriched by the guidance and comradeship of many great dads\u2014from his father and stepfather to his grandpa and great-grandpa. <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Pyhvri\"><em>The Tao of Dad<\/em><\/a> is a fountain of insightful gems inspired by these men and many more dads around the world and throughout history.<\/p>\n<p>Illustrated with bold and stunning watercolor art, this collection of inspiring words offers important lessons and hope-filled visions including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical force is temporary, as the body is transitory. But spiritual power is permanent, as the spirit is everlasting. \u2014Mahatma Gandhi<\/li>\n<li>Peace, like charity, begins at home. \u2014Franklin D. Roosevelt<\/li>\n<li>A day without laughter is a day wasted. \u2014Grandpa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bottom-border\">The Chinese word Tao means \u201cway\u201d and implies \u201cteachings\u201d or \u201cwisdom,\u201d making <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Pyhvri\"><em>The Tao of Dad<\/em><\/a> the way to great, wise fathers. With more than 400 uplifting and thought-provoking quotes with Eastern sensibilities, <em>The Tao of Dad<\/em> will remind readers of the cherished moments, important lessons, and forward-looking visions that they have shared with the favorite men in their lives, dads, brothers, uncles, grandfathers, teachers, coaches, and friends.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"padding-top\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Love for <em>The Tao of Dad<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>A Recommended Read by Publishers Weekly, Barnes & Noble, and by more then fifty newspapers across North America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the best collections of wisdom I\u2019ve read. Packed with inspiring, sometimes funny, sometimes deeply thought-provoking gems.\u201d \u2013 Jana Reiss, chief reviewer, Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOne of the best collections of wisdom I\u2019ve ever read. Packed with inspiring, sometimes funny, sometimes deeply thought-provoking gems.\u201d  \u2013 Jana Reiss, chief reviewer, Publisher\u2019s Weekly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/1353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tarogold.ig.dog\/tarogoldwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}