{"id":117900,"date":"2022-06-25T23:26:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T03:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=117900"},"modified":"2022-06-25T23:36:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T03:36:55","slug":"let-him-choose-his-own-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/let-him-choose-his-own-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Him Choose His Own Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notice the way he walks<br \/>\nand watch how he does not divert<br \/>\nneither to the right hand or to the left<br \/>\nSee the rigidity in how he stays on this path<br \/>\nfor this is what he was told was wise<\/p>\n<p>Yet he has not considered<br \/>\nif this path of his is the correct one<br \/>\nand if it will get him where he means to go<br \/>\nI wonder the value of his dogmatic adherence<br \/>\nif his destination is not the one he chose<\/p>\n<p>He must be aware of the probability<br \/>\nthat though his commitment is firm<br \/>\nit is his initial heading that will fail him<br \/>\nHe must reconcile the likelihood<br \/>\nthat other paths do exist for a reason<\/p>\n<p>There must come a moment<br \/>\nwhen he hesitates in taking the next step<br \/>\nand logic dictates he at least examine his options<br \/>\nHe will truly be forced to choose<br \/>\nto display discernment or abandon wisdom<\/p>\n<p>Following the path of his ancestors<br \/>\nfor no other reason but that they did it too<br \/>\nIs not the decision of Solomon but of a fool<br \/>\nStill if he desires to walk with integrity<br \/>\nlet him choose his path for its own merit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notice the way he walks and watch how he does not divert neither to the right hand or to the left See the rigidity in how he stays on this path for this is what he was told was wise Yet he has not considered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4906,5396,680,4880,5153],"class_list":["post-117900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem","tag-2022fullmarathon","tag-2022hour15","tag-poetrymarathon","tag-2022-poetry-marathon","tag-thepoet_rajah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118003,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117900\/revisions\/118003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}