{"id":1947,"date":"2019-07-01T22:08:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T04:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2024-04-22T02:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T02:46:11","slug":"the-honesty-of-empty-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/2019\/07\/01\/the-honesty-of-empty-places\/","title":{"rendered":"The honesty of empty places"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/animal-landscape-mountain-6542-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/animal-landscape-mountain-6542-cropped-1024x564.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1948\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The honesty of empty places<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a thought<br \/>\na smile<br \/>\nbooks, hiking, breathing<br \/>\nhappiness in solitude<br \/>\nenjoyment in alone<\/p>\n<p>sit and watch<br \/>\nhumans<br \/>\nanimals<br \/>\nsmiles from creatures<br \/>\nwho do not understand<br \/>\nthe joy of isolated socialization<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>the introvert within<br \/>\ncraves the simplicity of silence<br \/>\nthe stillness in the movement of life<\/p>\n<p>when overwhelmed<br \/>\nsolace is found<br \/>\nfrom the chaotic memories of childhood trauma<br \/>\nand joy in the subtlety of a calming milieu<\/p>\n<p>to concentrate on the essential elation<br \/>\nof empty places<br \/>\ninhabited by the beauty<br \/>\nof contemplation<br \/>\nof meditation<br \/>\nof reflection<br \/>\nof tranquility<\/p>\n<p>there is no need to be busy<br \/>\njust to be<br \/>\nnothing is something<br \/>\na relaxing destination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The honesty of empty places a thought a smile books, hiking, breathing happiness in solitude enjoyment in alone sit and watch humans animals smiles from creatures who do not understand the joy of isolated socialization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[68,238,307,378],"class_list":["post-1947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-calm","tag-mental-health","tag-relaxing","tag-travel"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3751,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions\/3751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}