{"id":322,"date":"2013-12-25T14:02:43","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T22:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/?p=322"},"modified":"2014-08-10T04:00:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T12:00:53","slug":"midnight-dreary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/2013\/12\/25\/midnight-dreary\/","title":{"rendered":"Once Upon A Midnight Dreary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>but no pondering weak and weary. \u00a0On this night of nights when it is no less than hope that enters the world. \u00a0Every group celebrates birth. \u00a0This night belongs to one group, while others celebrate other nights and days. \u00a0Shared all though is the belief that buried in the dust of the strugglings of daily life, there is something more. \u00a0Something just. \u00a0Something that stands above us all, as a star to which to reach. \u00a0In the wind and cold, there is warmth within.<\/p>\n<p>So stop. \u00a0Pause. \u00a0Look. \u00a0For every person around you is struggling and striving and trying. \u00a0Each one feels pain and fear and sorrow. \u00a0Each travels the road alone, whether surrounded or isolated. \u00a0We enter alone. \u00a0We leave alone.<\/p>\n<p>Such a burden to think yourself special. \u00a0Such a burden to think thus. \u00a0Rather see value in each life, each thing.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ecclesiastes 1:9<br \/>\nParallel Verses<br \/>\nNew International Version<br \/>\n<em><strong>What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pick things up and put things down and needed. \u00a0No more no less. \u00a0May you know that that is sufficient.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>May you feel the joys of all the celebrations of seasons such as these.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>but no pondering weak and weary. \u00a0On this night of nights when it is no less than hope that enters the world. \u00a0Every group celebrates birth. \u00a0This night belongs to one group, while others celebrate other nights and days. \u00a0Shared all though is the belief that buried in the dust of the strugglings of daily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,11,42],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions\/323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iwitnessings.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}