{"id":953,"date":"2018-10-07T14:13:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T18:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/?p=953"},"modified":"2018-10-07T14:13:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T18:13:39","slug":"created-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/07\/created-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"Created Beauty!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    \"\"<\/a>Guy Lombardo Marina(Freeport) photo by me!<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n

    face the fate we all ignore-for we deny our inevitable endings-when rationalization of life becomes apparent-true peace will avail itself to those who seek it-to reach true peace one must alter their path-to alter your path you must alter your attention-consistency of motion is eminent to survival-each phase of life all will endure-we choose views on our way-be consistent with your perception of bliss-for disagreements are born of perceptions-we are all perceivers-it\u2019s just a matter of\u00a0how\u00a0<\/em>we perceive!-God has granted us with choices-assume responsibility for them! Peace and blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Guy Lombardo Marina(Freeport) photo by me! face the fate we all ignore-for we deny our inevitable endings-when rationalization of life becomes apparent-true peace will avail itself to those who seek it-to reach true peace one must alter their path-to alter […]<\/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-953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-life-with-cancer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8zBYf-fn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2562,"url":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/to-turn-a-blind-eye\/","url_meta":{"origin":953,"position":0},"title":"to turn a blind eye!","author":"Michael","date":"June 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"it is easy to see\u2028 anomalous living is never free our heads turn away\u2028 from any trouble \u2028even when we look \u2028we pretend it is double lives are so preciouswhile time is a blurtrying to rememberthe youth that we were but as fate would have itour bodies do not lasttry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Living life with cancer!"","block_context":{"text":"Living life with cancer!","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/category\/living-life-with-cancer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3610_Original.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3610_Original.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3610_Original.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_3610_Original.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2574,"url":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/talking-only-to-the-wind\/","url_meta":{"origin":953,"position":1},"title":"talking only to the wind","author":"Michael","date":"July 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"when riding in the parktalking only to the windi require no voice to answerquestions that live within how many sunrises are left?how will my surgery go?what is next to see?will the seeds i\u2019ve planted grow? 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