{"id":1797,"date":"2021-03-18T14:23:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T18:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2021-03-18T14:23:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T18:23:50","slug":"formerly-formless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/18\/formerly-formless\/","title":{"rendered":"formerly formless&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">as an infant and child<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i was formless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i was an unbridled perceiver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">cognitive dissonances&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">did not yet exist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">at this young age&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i perceived&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so much more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i was then<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">taught to conform<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">my true perceptions&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">were muted<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">vibrations that i&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">was able to perceive&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">were lost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i was shut off&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">from my true knowledge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">put in a box&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so to speak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">made to believe&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that certain things&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">are required&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for success<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in essence&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">cancer has&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">helped me to&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">stop the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i realize that&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">success doesn\u2019t necessarily&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">equate to happiness&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i have never&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">been happier&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in my current life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i don\u2019t own a car<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i don\u2019t have a house<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in fact my&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">living situation is tumultuous<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">at best&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but i am happy&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">always now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in spite of circumstances&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">surrounding me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i know that&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">feeling now of&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bliss and contentment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i recognize my mortality<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">therefore i have&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">no other choice&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but to keep in faith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to know my form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to know that God&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">has my back&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to truly enjoy&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the blessings of life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for life\u2019s sake!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peace and blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>as an infant and child i was formless i was an unbridled perceiver cognitive dissonances&nbsp; 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