{"id":3235,"date":"2019-12-11T16:29:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T21:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2019-12-11T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T21:30:57","slug":"offer-the-world-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=3235","title":{"rendered":"offer the world kindness&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three or four days ago, I feel compelled to write down a few words,<br>then release them to the<br>wind<br>when it happens that words seem to come<br>I write without over analyzing, I write of a feeling <br>as best I can<br>this one is close and<br>personal<br>(as most are)<br>I hesitate before posting, fifteen maybe twenty <br>minutes<br>finger hovers over the word&nbsp; <strong>post<\/strong><br>to share too much, to open too<br>much<br>no intention of pointing fingers or assigning any<br>blame<br>no excuses or cover ups<br>no real pity required,<br>just an understanding of complicated <br>stories<br>when the words come to me like this, I don\u2019t usually second guess<br>but this one makes me <br>a little unsteady<br>very often I go with, if it brings me to tears re-reading<br>then it\u2019s real, it\u2019s my voice<br>and it\u2019s just what I wanted to say<br>I post, then I<br>hide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but then, to have it received as such<br>that touches a few tender spots<br>and sparks a few<br>kindred\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>makes one feel<br>rather whole(ly)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the gratitude of my heart<br>is<br>immense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>for a couple of days now, I offer a friend<br>strength she is needing<br>love and support in ways that I can<br>for what it&#8217;s worth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and again,  I am blessed<br>by friendship<br><br>offer the world kindness, is what I want to say<br>offer the world yourself, just as you are<br>be considerate, be true, be<br>real<br>offer the world kindness<br>and in your own kind heart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you<br>will be <br>received&nbsp; \u2665<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\"><em>\u201cDo not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words. \u201c <\/em><br><em>   ~ Theodore Roethke<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three or four days ago, I feel compelled to write down a few words,then release them to thewindwhen it happens that words seem to comeI write without over analyzing, I write of a feeling as best I canthis one is&hellip; <br \/><a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/?p=3235\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[118,195,343,366,309],"class_list":["post-3235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-beyoubekind","tag-livingmygratitude","tag-offertheworld","tag-tothankyou","tag-writereallife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3235"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3242,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235\/revisions\/3242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamara.tedzplace.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}