{"id":1084,"date":"2022-02-14T19:58:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T00:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2022-02-14T20:00:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T01:00:19","slug":"hearts-broken-hearts-and-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/?p=1084","title":{"rendered":"Hearts, Broken Hearts, and Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valentine&#8217;s Day.  For many, it&#8217;s a day of love,  endless joy, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and doting on those we hold dear.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chocolates, flowers,  handmade cards, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and words of affirmation pepper the atmosphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> For others, it&#8217;s a reminder of the hurt from the past,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> when possibly a heart was torn in two <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">that left a weary soul grasping for love<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> not knowing what else to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those a change of heart is needed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and maybe even a reminder of God&#8217;s love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&#8217;s there to mend a heart broken<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">as he rains down love from above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes finding love in our lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">means letting go of the past<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">in order to move into the future<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to find hope that will last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So commit to letting go of pain <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and realize it is our own choice<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to release the hurt and sadness<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and help our broken heart rejoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find folks who make your heart happy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and allow peace to enter in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is someone waiting out there<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">just longing to be your friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When days like today bring sadness and pain,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">just know it doesn&#8217;t have to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can choose happiness again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and set your hurting heart free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SL Holbert     2\/14\/22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day. For many, it&#8217;s a day of love, endless joy, and doting on those we hold dear. Chocolates, flowers, handmade cards, and words of affirmation pepper the atmosphere. For others, it&#8217;s a reminder of the hurt from the past, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/?p=1084\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wise-writing-consulting-and-studio-wise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1084"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1087,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1084\/revisions\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wisewritingconsulting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}