{"id":389,"date":"2020-07-13T18:38:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T18:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/?p=389"},"modified":"2020-07-14T20:19:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T20:19:40","slug":"release-my-ego-the-part-of-me-that-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/2020\/07\/13\/release-my-ego-the-part-of-me-that-wounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Release my ego: the part of me  that wounds."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gettyimages-840336868-2048x2048-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gettyimages-840336868-2048x2048-1.jpg 802w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gettyimages-840336868-2048x2048-1-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gettyimages-840336868-2048x2048-1-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/gettyimages-840336868-2048x2048-1-464x270.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong><em>Shattering Ego<\/em><\/strong> by Barbara Helvey Hughes, April 11, 2020<br><br>few saw it coming<br>it wasn\u2019t as if it were<br>a sledgehammer<br>or a hammer, at all, no<br>it was so small we<br>couldn\u2019t see it with<br>naked eyes and<br>therefore we didn\u2019t<br>trust those who warned<br>us, those who should<br>have earned our Trust<br>but ego is an elusive<br>enemy and not easily<br>cornered or controlled<br>so, what, now<br>talk about freedom?<br>&nbsp;<br>Dead, there is no freedom<br>alive and confined to our selves<br>there is freedom corralled<br>can one corral freedom?<br>&nbsp;<br>how can we possibly<br>return to our old ways<br>how can we possibly<br>trust our leaders, our<br>selves need mending<br>act in our best interest?<br>i doubt it<br>how \u2018bout you?<br>ego? it\u2019s not easy being human&#8230;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Shatter\u2019 ~ verb (used with object)<br \/>\nto break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.<br \/>\nto damage, as by breaking or crushing<br \/>\nto impair or destroy (health, nerves, etc.)<br \/>\nto weaken, destroy, or refute (ideas, opinions, etc.) (Dictionary.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hughesgallery.net\/barbarahelveyhughes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}