{"id":203,"date":"2013-03-26T09:26:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T09:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edcortes.ph\/?p=475"},"modified":"2021-07-10T03:43:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T03:43:14","slug":"let-us-be-contented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"Let us be contented"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Should you find it hard to get to sleep tonight?<\/strong> Just remember the homeless family who has no bed to lie in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should you find yourself stuck in traffic?<\/strong> Don\u2019t despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should you have a bad day at work?<\/strong> Think of the man who has been out of work or jobless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should you despair over a relationship gone bad?<\/strong> Think of the person who has never known what it\u2019s like to love and be loved in return.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should you grieve the passing of another weekend?<\/strong> Think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week, for -$10.00 to feed her family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should your car break down, leaving you miles away from assistance?<\/strong> Think of the paraplegic who would love the opportunity to take that walk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror?<\/strong> Think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking \u201cwhat is my purpose\u201d?<\/strong> Be thankful. There are those who didn\u2019t live long enough to get the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Should you find yourself the victim of other people\u2019s bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities?<\/strong> Remember, things could be worse. You could be them!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Author Unknown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should you find it hard to get to sleep tonight? Just remember the homeless family who has no bed to lie in. Should you find yourself stuck in traffic? Don\u2019t despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege. Should you have a bad day at work? Think of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-point","category-soft-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":252,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emcortes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}