{"id":4757,"date":"2020-10-05T17:31:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T16:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4757"},"modified":"2020-10-05T17:31:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T16:31:55","slug":"we-are-all-wanderers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/we-are-all-wanderers\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are All Wanderers"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1529042364\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1529042364&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=writingsinrhy-20&amp;linkId=00ef246ca354b3759e7314042845b30b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ASIN=1529042364&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;WS=1&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;tag=writingsinrhy-20\" alt=\"Inspired by quotes from John Connell, author of &quot;The Running Book&quot;, who said to see our way through troubles including COVID19, we must never forget the beauty in life.\" width=\"152\" height=\"245\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inspired by quotes from John Connell, author of &#8220;The Running Book&#8221;, who said to see our way through troubles including COVID19, we must never forget the beauty in life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=writingsinrhy-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1529042364\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>We are all wanderers to where we know not,<br \/>\nSome run, some race, some plod along,<br \/>\nEach take our own path to we know not where,<br \/>\nWhere no ones right, and no ones wrong.<\/p>\n<p>We know that we must go on,<br \/>\nWhen times are hard, and life is tough&#8230;<br \/>\nWe must break through that wall<br \/>\nWhen we think we have had enough.<\/p>\n<p>It would be easier to take our time<br \/>\nLet the ordeal last a bit longer:<br \/>\nA tempting thought to so give in,<br \/>\nYet we choose to keep going stronger:<\/p>\n<p>To see the beauty that is life,<br \/>\nThat it is there we cant forget<br \/>\nWe cant see the bends ahead<br \/>\nUnlike the straights far horizon set&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>That makes each step look so small<br \/>\nYet each step, painful, must be taken,<br \/>\nSee the beauty beyond that hill &#8211;<br \/>\nAs if from hibernation we awaken,<\/p>\n<p>For there will be a tomorrow to come<br \/>\nWhen today&#8217;s trials are a memory<br \/>\nFrom troubles, to disease to conflict and all&#8230;<br \/>\nWe must always the beauty see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by quotes from John Connell, author of &#8220;The Running Book&#8221;, who said to see our way through troubles including COVID19, we must never forget the beauty in life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4319,64,4299,3583],"tags":[4279,4278,1751,1223,4320,72],"class_list":["post-4757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid19","category-inspirational-poetry","category-mental-health","category-reflection","tag-covid","tag-covid19","tag-journey","tag-mental-health","tag-pestillance","tag-positive-thinking","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1eJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4758,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/reading-a-take-on-memory-from-a-fellow-north-longford-writer\/","url_meta":{"origin":4757,"position":0},"title":"Reading a take on memory from a fellow North Longford writer","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"11th October 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"John Connell is from outside my families home village of Ballinalee. 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