{"id":415,"date":"2016-04-06T14:43:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T20:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/?p=415"},"modified":"2016-09-27T19:56:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T01:56:53","slug":"healing_place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/2016\/04\/06\/healing_place\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Healing Place<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Adriana Gomes<\/p>\n<p>We all need a place warm and nice<\/p>\n<p>like a spot in front of a fireplace<\/p>\n<p>in a cold winter night<\/p>\n<p>with a steamy cup of tea<\/p>\n<p>and a blanket standing by.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This place can be a memory,<\/p>\n<p>a person or a house,<\/p>\n<p>a bench in a park,<\/p>\n<p>an armchair in a library,<\/p>\n<p>as long as it makes you calm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are many ways to approach it,<\/p>\n<p>but there are rules you must follow<\/p>\n<p>before opening its door<\/p>\n<p>as no pretentions<\/p>\n<p>can cross its threshold.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before entering you must let go<\/p>\n<p>of arrogance and pride;<\/p>\n<p>grumpiness and grudges;<\/p>\n<p>judgmental feelings;<\/p>\n<p>aggressive and harsh thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s acceptable to bring sorrows.<\/p>\n<p>Rejection, humiliation and loneliness;<\/p>\n<p>sadness and melancholy;<\/p>\n<p>and heartbreaking memories<\/p>\n<p>are all welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There you will find solitude;<\/p>\n<p>the kind that heals;<\/p>\n<p>long quiet moments of peace<\/p>\n<p>to let your soul<\/p>\n<p>catch up with your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healing Place by Adriana Gomes We all need a place warm and nice like a spot in front of a fireplace in a cold winter night with a steamy cup of tea and a blanket standing by. &nbsp; This place can be a memory, a person or a house, a bench in a park, an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,36],"tags":[93,92],"class_list":["post-415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing","tag-poem","tag-sorrow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":507,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions\/507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adrigomes.com\/literaryexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}