{"id":1899,"date":"2015-09-16T15:21:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T20:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=1899"},"modified":"2015-09-16T15:21:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T20:21:52","slug":"poem-shame-old-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/16\/poem-shame-old-story\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Shame Old Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A little bit<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Of shame<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Goes along<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Weigh<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Too much<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>With blinders<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Knot visible<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>In a sense<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Lost<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>To over looking<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>As awe full as life is<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This poem is about the overabundance of shame, a tail as owed as time that wags the dog.\u00a0 Shame is one of the all-time popular weighs of controlling others.\u00a0 Shame is a lazy substitute for inspiration.\u00a0 Inspiration comes with a whole lot of work, such as patience, integrity, passion, and compassion.\u00a0 Shame is a seductive shortcut that cheats us out of the beauty full results of worthy effort.\u00a0 In essence, shaming others is shaming ourselves.\u00a0 As they say: you can&#8217;t point your finger at someone else without pointing four fingers back at yourself.\u00a0 Relying on inspiration and example is a much better weigh.\u00a0 There is a tribe in Africa where anytime a member commits some offense, they surround them and pummel them with every good thing about them, a wellness practice very telling.\u00a0 Social psychology has well documented that focusing on building assets is more productive than focusing on deficits.\u00a0 The rhythms of the human soul seem to be much more in tune with inspiration and positive regard than shame, criticism, and punishment.\u00a0 In theological terms, this might be simply stated that good is stronger than evil.\u00a0 Traditional religion often betrays this belief by focusing on original sin rather than original blessing; that is, accenting our inherent falling short rather than our inherent goodness.\u00a0\u00a0 May you readily see the goodness in yourself and others, and faithfully live out of our better portion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little bit Of shame Goes along Weigh Too much With blinders Knot visible In a sense Lost To over looking As awe full as life is This poem is about the overabundance of shame, a tail as owed as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/16\/poem-shame-old-story\/\">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":[503,294,664,391,339,341,392,432,292,436,505,359,494,387,658,94,395,615,83,531,529,380],"class_list":["post-1899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-abundance","tag-awe","tag-beauty","tag-blessing","tag-compassion","tag-control","tag-evil","tag-faith","tag-inspiration","tag-integrity","tag-lazy","tag-life","tag-passion","tag-patience","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-psychology","tag-punishment","tag-religion","tag-soul","tag-time","tag-work"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Shame Old Story | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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