{"id":32984,"date":"2017-08-05T11:38:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T15:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=32984"},"modified":"2017-08-05T11:38:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T15:38:15","slug":"the-light-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/the-light-within\/","title":{"rendered":"The Light Within"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-1490842095300-052469284362-1-176x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-33039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-1490842095300-052469284362-1-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-1490842095300-052469284362-1-768x1308.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-1490842095300-052469284362-1-601x1024.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/><br \/>\nI cannot fathom the power that lives within each of us.<br \/>\nNo matter how matted, disheveled, or broken we appear on the outside.<br \/>\nThe powers of a single touch alone is baffling.<br \/>\nWe can tear at each other so viciously,<br \/>\nBeating the very will to live from the soul of another,<br \/>\nBut we can also reach out to them,<br \/>\nAnd in the moments they are falling into their deepest, fiery pits of hell, we can bring them out, or at least halt their descent.<br \/>\nAn embrace can banish loneliness,<br \/>\nAnd a word can prompt love.<br \/>\nSo why do we still insist on lashing out and spreading agony and sorrow?<br \/>\nWhen we can bring such light to the darkest times of others,<br \/>\nWhy do we decide to tear down their hopes and aspirations instead?<br \/>\nWe all have within us the potential to save lives. Why don&#8217;t we do it?<br \/>\nWhen you feel that searing anger deep within your chest, ready to explode and tear at someone,<br \/>\nTake a minute to look up at the sky above you.<br \/>\nDay or night, you will see a glow, a shine, a light.<br \/>\nSomething is always up there to guide you forward into brightness and warmth.<br \/>\nAnd you can be that for another, if you only decide to put that shining energy within you to use.<br \/>\nShare your love and light. There&#8217;s always someone out there who could use it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot fathom the power that lives within each of us. No matter how matted, disheveled, or broken we appear on the outside. The powers of a single touch alone is baffling. We can tear at each other so viciously, Beating the very will to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1090,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32984","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\/1090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33127,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32984\/revisions\/33127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}