{"id":500,"date":"2020-07-25T09:49:26","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T09:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/?p=500"},"modified":"2020-07-25T09:49:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T09:49:26","slug":"one-hour-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/?p=500","title":{"rendered":"One Hour Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Listenin\u2019 to the rain outside pourin\u2019 as it hammers\npitter-patterin\u2019 over the ceilin\u2019,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blockin\u2019 the wondrous stars everlastin\u2019 as described by\nBanjo Paterson,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflectin\u2019, meditatin\u2019 and thinkin\u2019 \u2018bout the world that we\u2019re livin\u2019 in, Covid cases that keep on spikin\u2019 and jumpin\u2019,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pandemic returned with a vengeance, reckless fools done\nwrecked it for others, had one job to do but got too damn complacent,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second wave was expected, ain\u2019t no vaccine or cure had been\nfound yet, somewhat frustratin\u2019 but don\u2019t wanna get caught by this virus,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wonderin\u2019 if panic buyers are re-starting their engines, ready for a rematch at Woolworths, if the bored and famous are plannin\u2019 an encore performance of a tune by John Lennon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters are still ragin\u2019, Black Lives Matter they still\nchantin\u2019, a whole nation\u2019s divided, the fallout\u2019s still persistin\u2019,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Racists still blamin\u2019 Asians for the virus, attackin\u2019 frontliners handlin&#8217; their business,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People still showin\u2019 their true colors, it\u2019s an ugly shade of twisted and fucked-up mixed with heavy doses of ignorance,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sucks to live with a medical condition being forced back into isolation, ain\u2019t whinin\u2019 or complainin\u2019 but it\u2019s still kinda disheartenin\u2019,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good days and bad days are inevitable, just gotta keep the\nhead above water, though some days feels like I\u2019m treadin\u2019, going under and\ndrownin\u2019,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But got too much pride for quittin\u2019, gotta keep on goin\u2019 and stay fightin\u2019, often times optimistic I\u2019m feelin\u2019, just gotta count all of the blessings,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ain\u2019t starvin\u2019 or homeless, still healthy and active, ain\u2019t suffered severe losses and grievances, no point entertainin\u2019 the beasts of anxiety and depression, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gotta stay patiently waitin\u2019, prepare for the moment that\u2019s\ncomin\u2019, this storm\u2019s just passin\u2019, ain\u2019t permanent, in tough times gotta choose\na mindset that\u2019s winnin\u2019. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listenin\u2019 to the rain outside pourin\u2019 as it hammers pitter-patterin\u2019 over the ceilin\u2019, Blockin\u2019 the wondrous stars everlastin\u2019 as described by Banjo Paterson, Reflectin\u2019, meditatin\u2019 and thinkin\u2019 \u2018bout the world that we\u2019re livin\u2019 in, Covid cases that keep on spikin\u2019 and jumpin\u2019, Pandemic returned with a vengeance, reckless fools done wrecked it for others, had &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/?p=500\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One Hour Reflection&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicalmemories.whereishome.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}