{"id":2086,"date":"2010-12-08T14:56:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-08T21:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2010-12-08T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-08T21:56:27","slug":"struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2086","title":{"rendered":"Struggles.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I have reached that final spot. The one where you hit the floor in the hallway and slide up to the bed in praying stance and say, &#8220;GOOOOD! HELP ME!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been here before. Many times. This time seems to be different. I&#8217;m done living this life the way I think it needs to be lived. I&#8217;m giving my life back to God and going to live it as his will.\u00a0 Whatever direction he points me in, I will not question anymore.\u00a0 The need for peace and hope is what I need to stop just surviving and start living.<\/p>\n<p>Does this mean that I become one of those &#8216;bless you&#8217;, kinds of people. Probably not. In this process I hope to lose the part of myself that carries the hate, anger and the inability to forgive. \u00a0 I&#8217;m done with Karma. I&#8217;m done with &#8220;everything happens for a reason&#8221;, i&#8217;m also done with the holding on to something because I was good for it.\u00a0 If that person or object isn&#8217;t good for ME, it needs to go. I already weeded out the truly EVIL people in my life&#8230;now it&#8217;s to get rid of that anger that was associated with them.<\/p>\n<p>Tabitha and I talked today. If we loved ourselves with the passion and intensity that we love other people, we would be unstoppable. It&#8217;s time for me to start believing in myself&#8230;.and to also hand over the stuff that I can&#8217;t handle anymore.<br \/>\nThat is out of my control.<\/p>\n<p>Do I forgive yet? No. It takes time. Am I not angry and hateful yet? HELL FUCKING NO.\u00a0 (i&#8217;ll work on the language later) but I am willing to let it go, if He is willing to take it away and replace it will blessings.<\/p>\n<p>There was this song I use to listen to when I was younger and it was based on Proverbs. &#8220;Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, lean not on your own understandings. Acknowledge the Lord in all of your ways&#8230;and he will set your paths straight.&#8221;<br \/>\nI&#8217;m ready to trust, stop questioning His will for me and for my paths to be a little less uphill.<\/p>\n<p>The support system I am surrounding myself with is going to get stronger&#8230;.I actually asked Spock for guidance on my relationship with God and how to get past the road blocks that have stopped me in the past. \u00a0 Someday I&#8217;ll explain this line. :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I have reached that final spot. The one where you hit the floor in the hallway and slide up to the bed in praying stance and say, &#8220;GOOOOD! HELP ME!&#8221; I&#8217;ve been here before. Many times. This time seems to be different. I&#8217;m done living this life the way I think it needs to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}