{"id":1065,"date":"2013-09-17T11:31:59","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T16:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2013-09-17T11:31:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T16:31:59","slug":"poem-finding-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/17\/poem-finding-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Finding Myself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">One day I found myself<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">What do you know, it was right where I left myself<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amidst the ennui of modern society, people are prone to set about finding themselves. \u00a0Amidst fast-paced living, there is a tendency to look ahead and move forward, expecting to find ourselves there. \u00a0This poem about authenticity suggests that looking back into our experiences can offer clues to where we parted from our true selves. \u00a0Perhaps more importantly, sometimes we just have to stop chasing happiness and let happiness catch up with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One day I found myself What do you know, it was right where I left myself Amidst the ennui of modern society, people are prone to set about finding themselves. \u00a0Amidst fast-paced living, there is a tendency to look ahead &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/17\/poem-finding-myself\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[9,15],"tags":[398,80,548,290],"class_list":["post-1065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-authenticity","tag-happiness","tag-modern","tag-society"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Finding Myself | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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