{"id":1207,"date":"2015-03-14T16:56:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T00:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2015-03-14T16:56:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T00:56:44","slug":"thinking-again-out-loud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=1207","title":{"rendered":"Thinking Again Out Loud"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thinking Again Out loud<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I am sitting here thinking again.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

About what I\u2019ve done & where I\u2019ve been.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If I had it all to do over again.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Would I do the same things then?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I know all I\u2019ve said and done.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Asked for forgiveness when under sin\u2019s thumb.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet, I wonder, if I had done things differently.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Taken a different job. Gone another way vigorously. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gone with this girl instead of the other.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Been more caring & loving to my mother.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thoughts that have little meaning.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Unless they affect your current leaning.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I am where I am because of my own choices.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They could have been different. Followed other voices.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But, I am who I am & I have to live with it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Taken as a whole, I can learn & have a better fit.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Improve my self image for the better of all.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though I\u2019ve answered the beckoned call.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There is much in life to understand.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It all is part of becoming a man.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Who you are reflects on how you will be remembered.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

May people get a blessing, besides my defenders.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel my place is to try to be helpful.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Help others to understand themselves fully. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

If not, to at least, bestow some care & comfort<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

No one needs to feel alone or shunned first.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

All are sons and daughters of God.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether alive, or under the sod.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I want all to raise to everlasting life.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

But, the choice is yours. Take it in stride.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

——————————————-R. W. Johnson—–(2015)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thinking Again Out loud I am sitting here thinking again. About what I\u2019ve done & where I\u2019ve been. If I had it all to do over again. Would I do the same things then? I know all I\u2019ve said and done. Asked for forgiveness when under sin\u2019s thumb. Yet, I wonder, if I had … Continue reading Thinking Again Out Loud<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,16,29,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-factual","category-free-bird-poetry","category-life-lessons","category-religious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1208,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1207\/revisions\/1208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}