{"id":212,"date":"2014-12-08T16:59:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T00:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=212"},"modified":"2014-12-08T16:59:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T00:59:42","slug":"the-way-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=212","title":{"rendered":"The Way It Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Way It Is<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peek a boo.&#8212;&#8211; I see you.<\/p>\n<p>What the heck is a Pick-a-chew??<\/p>\n<p>Poke-e-mon names for you and me.<\/p>\n<p>Spelled wrong, no doubt, as you can see.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happened to kick the can.<\/p>\n<p>Try and catch me if you can.<\/p>\n<p>Hide and seek and guessing games?<\/p>\n<p>Today they are only a name.<\/p>\n<p>Kids are glued to video games.<\/p>\n<p>To us it all seems pretty lame.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, it keeps them occupied most of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Is it a good way or is it a crime??<\/p>\n<p>When you wish upon a star.<\/p>\n<p>It does make a difference who you are.<\/p>\n<p>Bring them up right &amp; they will follow the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Not be a member of some angry hoard.<\/p>\n<p>Video games can be good or bad.<\/p>\n<p>It all depends on the upbringing you\u2019ve had.<\/p>\n<p>So get it down and get it right.<\/p>\n<p>Raise them properly with all your might.<\/p>\n<p>The rest will be up to the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>Sit back &amp; watch. You won\u2019t be bored.&#8212;&#8212;-R. W. Johnson&#8212;&#8211;(2014)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Way It Is Peek a boo.&#8212;&#8211; I see you. What the heck is a Pick-a-chew?? Poke-e-mon names for you and me. Spelled wrong, no doubt, as you can see. Whatever happened to kick the can. Try and catch me if you can. Hide and seek and guessing games? Today they are only &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=212\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Way It Is<\/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":[3,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nostalgia","category-random","category-religious"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","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=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions\/214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}