{"id":351,"date":"2023-04-11T10:09:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/?page_id=351"},"modified":"2023-04-11T10:09:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:09:54","slug":"the-best-way-to-overcome-anger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/the-best-way-to-overcome-anger","title":{"rendered":"The best way to overcome anger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Anger is a fire that burns within,\nA raging storm that begins to spin,\nBorn from our expectations of others,\nAnd not their actual actions, we discover.\n\nIt grows and grows with each passing moment,\nUntil it becomes a beast, a torrent,\nAnd we can't see the truth in front of us,\nOnly the rage, the fury, and the fuss.\n\nBut sometimes, all it takes is a poke,\nA sharp reminder of the reality we spoke,\nA pinprick that jolts us back to our senses,\nAnd helps us break free of our angry defenses.\n\nFor anger is a negative that can only be broken,\nBy a reminder of the truth left unspoken,\nThat our expectations are our own creation,\nAnd it's time for us to reset our normal station.\n\nSo let the poke be a gentle reminder,\nOf the reality that's just a bit kinder,\nAnd let us break free of our anger's hold,\nAnd find a way to be peaceful and bold.\n\n-<em>Mani<\/em><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anger is a fire that burns within, A raging storm that begins to spin, Born from our expectations of others, And not their actual actions, we discover. It grows and grows with each passing moment, Until it becomes a beast, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/our-poetry\/the-best-way-to-overcome-anger\">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-351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351","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=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions\/352"}],"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=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}