{"id":175,"date":"2022-02-05T02:09:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/?p=175"},"modified":"2022-02-05T02:09:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:09:27","slug":"i-am-what-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/i-am-what-i-am\/","title":{"rendered":"I am what I am"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Charlie_Chaplin_I_Am_An_Individual.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Charlie_Chaplin_I_Am_An_Individual.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Charlie_Chaplin_I_Am_An_Individual-300x152.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Charlie_Chaplin_I_Am_An_Individual-768x389.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>From &#8220;My Autobiography&#8221; by Charle Chaplin, 1964<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie Chaplin&#8217;s quote about individuality, first published a year before I was born, is a helpful reminder when I am feeling claustrophobic, cramped or constrained, as has been the case more frequently in the wake of Covid-19.  Yesterday, I listened as two friends talked at length about self-acceptance.   Today, I feel that before I can either accept or reject myself, I need do some more remembering.   I need to remember who I am, as an individual.    I need to look in the mirror.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Chaplin&#8217;s quote about individuality, first published a year before I was born, is a helpful reminder when I am feeling claustrophobic, cramped or constrained, as has been the case more frequently in the wake of Covid-19. Yesterday, I listened as two friends talked at length about self-acceptance. Today, I feel that before I can &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/i-am-what-i-am\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I am what I am<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177,"href":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.relentlesscompassion.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}