{"id":273,"date":"2021-03-31T10:43:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T14:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=273"},"modified":"2024-08-13T14:19:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T18:19:52","slug":"always","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=273","title":{"rendered":"always"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">is this in the service of love?<br>these thoughts, these words, these actions?<br><br>am i loving freely, with an encircling heart,<br>embracing joy and grief alike? can i make<br>space for a friend? to speak, to feel, to find<br>a way out?<br><br>how do you put it into words? the answer is<br>that you don't have to.<br><br>i will stand in that fictitious space<br>where all receding points meet.<br>where the two-headed coin spins<br>because joy and grief are the same,<br>because an overflowing outpouring<br>stamp on the heart\u00a0is an imprint of<br>letting go that has to be set free,<br>to fall, to fly. i stand aside. i will<br>hold you with open arms. i'm here.<br>i will meet you where you are.<br><br>is this in the service of love?<br><br>when i speak let my words come from my<br>better self.<br><br>when i listen let my heart be open to the<br>wisdom of other hearts.<br><br>when i act let compassion alone be my guide.<br><br>to forgive, to uplift, to let go.<br>to fall or fly.<br>to be free.<br><br>always in the service\u00a0of\u00a0love.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>March 31, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>is this in the service of love?these thoughts, these words,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/?p=273\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">always<\/span> <i class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6,2],"class_list":["post-273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-6","tag-poetry","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajaxkallistrate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}