{"id":753,"date":"2017-12-07T15:58:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T15:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essn.us\/?p=753"},"modified":"2017-12-07T15:58:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T15:58:45","slug":"loving-the-unlovable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essn.us\/?p=753","title":{"rendered":"Loving the unlovable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A very difficult thing to do is to love our enemies. From human perspectives, hatred is abundant. But why? Deal with it. People are flawed. I am flawed, you are flawed, we all flawed. Trying to accomplish &#8216;agape&#8217; love on our own terms can make a flaw fester. Flaws make us individuals.<\/p>\n<p>The best solution I&#8217;ve discovered for years\u00a0 is to create diversions:<\/p>\n<p>Find ways to play. The key is to entertain myself so I don&#8217;t have to focus on people or flaws. For instance, toying with something productive such as knitting, yoga moments, self-massage and aroma therapy are personal examples of entertainment. Creating diversions bring peace; a\u00a0heaven sent serenity.<\/p>\n<p>When a person is tough to love, there are reasons for bitterness. Why anyone would prefer anger over laughter is beyond me. What if a simple smile could make a difference? Don&#8217;t know about you but it sure makes me happier. If I choose to harbor wickedness toward anyone then I&#8217;m harming myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very difficult thing to do is to love our enemies. From human perspectives, hatred is abundant. But why? Deal with it. People are flawed. I am flawed, you are flawed, we all flawed. Trying to accomplish &#8216;agape&#8217; love on our own terms can make a flaw fester. Flaws make us individuals. The best solution&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[28,50,56],"class_list":["post-753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kindness","tag-compassion","tag-love","tag-peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}