{"id":1346,"date":"2004-02-27T14:10:41","date_gmt":"2004-02-27T19:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/simplify_your_l"},"modified":"2004-02-27T14:10:41","modified_gmt":"2004-02-27T19:10:41","slug":"simplify_your_l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1346","title":{"rendered":"Simplify your life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tell the truth more often. <br \/>\nThen you won&#8217;t have to remember what you said to whom.<\/p>\n<p>Tell the truth as kindly as possible.<br \/>\nThen you won&#8217;t have to say you are sorry so often.<\/p>\n<p>Curb those impulses to lash out with righteous anger.<br \/>\nThen you won&#8217;t have to spend so much time mending relationships.<\/p>\n<p>If it sounds too good to be true, find out what the exchange is. <br \/>\nCriminality is simply getting something for nothing. If you<br \/>\nare not one already, why become a criminal now?<\/p>\n<p>If life is hard to face, don&#8217;t make it more complicated by running away from it with prescription or illegal drugs.<br \/>\nFind some part of life you can confront and do something about it.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t think of anything else, find an animal to feed.<br \/>\nThey will probably not give you any grief about it and you will feel better.<\/p>\n<p>Find somebody to help, starting with yourself.<\/p>\n<p>If all else fails, take a walk until you feel calmer and rested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tell the truth more often. Then you won&#8217;t have to remember what you said to whom. Tell the truth as kindly as possible. Then you won&#8217;t have to say you are sorry so often. Curb those impulses to lash out &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1346\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1783],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-lI","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}