{"id":2145,"date":"2023-02-23T17:06:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2023-02-23T17:13:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:13:00","slug":"we-dont-love-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/23\/we-dont-love-our-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"we don\u2019t love our lives\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we treat ourselves&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">without a care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we take on life&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">as just a dare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we all do this<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so don\u2019t despair<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we live our lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we just don\u2019t care\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we all feel that\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">our lives progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">no worries for&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">this earth we stress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we\u2019re on a path&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that makes no sense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we live our lives&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">our heads are dense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but we all&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">must make a change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">we have to love <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and<strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>rearrange&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">fill our hearts&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">each day with love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">just like the One&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">from up above<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and we\u2019ll begin&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to feel the way&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that God intended&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for us each day&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the world today&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is filled with hate&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">smelling flowers&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">may be too late&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so love your life&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">until you\u2019re done&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">try not to miss&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the rising sun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2086\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/E9EEDC3B-9DF0-44ED-BE78-EC381E5339CD-768x1024.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/E9EEDC3B-9DF0-44ED-BE78-EC381E5339CD-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/E9EEDC3B-9DF0-44ED-BE78-EC381E5339CD-scaled.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/E9EEDC3B-9DF0-44ED-BE78-EC381E5339CD-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/E9EEDC3B-9DF0-44ED-BE78-EC381E5339CD-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/E9EEDC3B-9DF0-44ED-BE78-EC381E5339CD-scaled.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/E9EEDC3B-9DF0-44ED-BE78-EC381E5339CD-scaled.jpeg?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">peace and blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>we treat ourselves&nbsp; without a care we take on life&nbsp; as just a dare we all do this so don\u2019t despair we live our lives we just don\u2019t care\u00a0 we all feel that\u00a0 our lives progress no worries for&nbsp; this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-life-with-cancer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8zBYf-yB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2547,"url":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/the-blog-lives-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":2145,"position":0},"title":"The Blog Lives Again!","author":"Michael","date":"March 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"After some time away, I discovered something surprising. 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