{"id":2471,"date":"2016-04-02T15:29:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T15:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2016-04-02T15:29:29","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T15:29:29","slug":"the-spirit-of-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=2471","title":{"rendered":"the spirit of healing  &#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sole.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2472\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sole-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sole\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sole-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sole-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Sole.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I no longer seek shelter<br \/>\nfrom the downpour<br \/>\nof sadness &#8230;.<br \/>\na byproduct of<br \/>\nMy Abnormalities Normality<br \/>\nthrough acceptance<br \/>\nI bathe in the rain of<br \/>\nmelancholy<br \/>\nuntil it washes away<br \/>\nand I resurface<br \/>\nfrom the flood<br \/>\nof remorse<br \/>\nthat at times<br \/>\nfills my mind<br \/>\nwith a notion of relief<br \/>\nby way of life&#8217;s ending \u00a0&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>after such a storm<br \/>\nthis cleansing<br \/>\nso to speak<br \/>\nI am moved<br \/>\nto seek solace<br \/>\nand find comfort<br \/>\nwith those<br \/>\nwho have experienced<br \/>\nin one way or another<br \/>\nthe aftermath<br \/>\nthe everlasting effect of<br \/>\nthese torrent waters<br \/>\nand left behind to survive<br \/>\nwith this need to share<br \/>\nto bring to light<br \/>\nout of the darkness<br \/>\nthe reality of it all \u00a0~ \u00a0creating<br \/>\nan atmosphere<br \/>\nof open dialogue<br \/>\nwhile walking together<br \/>\nas Team S.O.L.E.S<br \/>\nand other teams<br \/>\n16 miles<br \/>\nto raise money<br \/>\nfor the AFSP<br \/>\nthis united act<br \/>\nof shared concern<br \/>\nthat showers down<br \/>\nthe spirit of healing \u00a0&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>peace out<\/p>\n<p>Image &amp; Words by \u00a0~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I no longer seek shelter from the downpour of sadness &#8230;. a byproduct of My Abnormalities Normality through acceptance I bathe in the rain of melancholy until it washes away and I resurface from the flood of remorse that at times fills my mind with a notion of relief by way of life&#8217;s ending \u00a0&#8230;. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=2471\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;the spirit of healing  &#8230;..&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-myabnormalitiesnormality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2473,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471\/revisions\/2473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}