{"id":833,"date":"2006-11-06T09:40:53","date_gmt":"2006-11-06T15:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/wordpress\/writing\/1998\/10-9-98-2\/"},"modified":"2006-11-06T09:40:53","modified_gmt":"2006-11-06T15:40:53","slug":"10-9-98-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=833","title":{"rendered":"10-9-98 #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"clear:left; float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-top:10px;;width: 55px;\" name=\"fb_share\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=125029517579627&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/?page_id=833\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"55\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Tokyo, Japan<\/p>\n<p>As I look at the world looking<br \/>\nAt the fiasco running across the country<br \/>\nLike some mutant kudzu vine<br \/>\nThe fascination of a car wreck<br \/>\nSchaudinfreude soundbites, a king dragged<br \/>\nUp and down the street, seen with<br \/>\nHate and disappointment, judgment from all<br \/>\nAngles, the farther the fall, the more attention<br \/>\nCreated, what is right or wrong, is it really at issue here,<br \/>\nDo we need this to feel better about ourselves or deserve it<br \/>\nFor the pride and ego we have flaunted for so long,<br \/>\nIt brings discussion and for me,<br \/>\nA sadness in myself and for what we have become.<\/p>\n<p>For what is he, a man, not a god, not perfect, just a man&#8230;<br \/>\nWe will all answer for our actions, we will all pay for our<br \/>\nMistakes, Some will find forgiveness and clarity and others<br \/>\nWill dwell in the shame after, the hubris unforgiving,<br \/>\nThe notes sad but honest.<\/p>\n<p>Do we truly want perfection, a lack of human quality, for with the gift<br \/>\nOf human kindness we will find frailty and pettiness, selfishness and<br \/>\nThe need for attention and validation, for the gift<br \/>\nOf empathy and understanding we will get mistakes, perhaps<br \/>\nAn apology and then again we may receive a stubborn denial<br \/>\nAnd indignation, for self and pride can puff up the feathers of most of us<br \/>\nSimple birds, the honesty can come hard as it can used against you,<br \/>\nUsed to hurt and judge you by your peers;<br \/>\nYou can lose everything for one mistake and lose it for a thousand as well.<\/p>\n<p>We must choose wisely in our own lives and in our society,<br \/>\nWe will err and stumble but we can learn and be forgiven.<\/p>\n<p>I pledge to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tokyo, Japan As I look at the world looking At the fiasco running across the country Like some mutant kudzu vine The fascination of a car wreck Schaudinfreude soundbites, a king dragged Up and down the street, seen with Hate and disappointment, judgment from all Angles, the farther the fall, the more attention Created, what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":814,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PeNcU-dr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/833\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bittermancircle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}