{"id":336,"date":"2023-04-07T11:52:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2023-04-07T11:52:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T16:52:39","slug":"tired-but-triumphant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/tired-but-triumphant","title":{"rendered":"Tired but triumphant!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Weary limbs and aching bones,\nEndless toil and endless groans,\nStruggle is the path we tread,\nBut in its midst, we find instead,\n\nA strength we never knew we had,\nA resilience that keeps us glad,\nFor in the midst of toil and strife,\nWe learn to cherish each small slice,\n\nOf peace and joy that comes our way,\nAnd hold on tight throughout the day,\nFor we know the worth of rest,\nAnd in our weariness, we are blessed,\n\nWith the knowledge that we have fought,\nAnd through our struggles we have wrought,\nA life of meaning, depth and worth,\nThat's measured not by gold or mirth,\n\nBut by the strength within our hearts,\nThat keeps us going through the parts,\nOf life that seem so bleak and hard,\nYet make us stronger in our guard,\n\nAgainst the trials that will come,\nFor in our weariness, we've become,\nThe warriors that we need to be,\nTo face life's challenges, bold and free.\n\nSo let us cherish weariness,\nFor in it lies the strength to bless,\nOur lives with purpose, hope and love,\nAnd make us soar on wings above.\n\n-<em>Mani<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weary limbs and aching bones, Endless toil and endless groans, Struggle is the path we tread, But in its midst, we find instead, A strength we never knew we had, A resilience that keeps us glad, For in the midst &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/tired-but-triumphant\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":34,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-336","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/336\/revisions\/337"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}