{"id":3464,"date":"2024-12-03T14:52:18","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T22:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=3464"},"modified":"2024-12-04T05:59:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T13:59:24","slug":"cc-and-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2024\/12\/03\/cc-and-me\/","title":{"rendered":"CC and Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

CC and Me<\/strong><\/p>\n

I believed
\nI had an Enemy
\nInside.
\nI called It
\nThe Comfort Complex.<\/p>\n

Complex Indeed,
\nmade of
\nNarcissism,
\nLaziness,
\nResistance to
\nWork, Effort, Labor,<\/p>\n

Always
\nThe Easy Way Out,
\nOn the Path of
\nLeast Resistance,<\/p>\n

Comfort at Any Cost.<\/p>\n

Rarely Do I
\nFight
\nThis Enemy.
\nMostly I Surrender.<\/p>\n

But then
\nI Heard
\nA Wise Man.<\/p>\n

He Told Me
\nI Should
\nLove My Enemy,<\/p>\n

Give Him
\na Pet Name,
\nPull Him Close
\nin Warm Embrace,<\/p>\n

Ask for His Help.<\/p>\n

Now I Call Him
\nCC, and
\nIntend to Make Him
\nMy Friend.<\/p>\n

I Will Ask Him to
\nHelp Me,
\nSee The Good
\nin Him,
\nBecome Fond
\nof Him,
\nBe Glad He\u2019s a
\nPart of Me.<\/p>\n

Already He\u2019s Begun
\nTo Release His
\nResistance.<\/p>\n

He Tells Me
\nHe Wants to
\nHelp Me.<\/p>\n

Good.<\/p>\n

Because I Need
\nHis Help.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Mohamed Nohassi; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n

   The Wise Man referred to in the Poem is Peter Bedard, whose wisdom I heard as part of his Near Death Experience interview at https:\/\/youtu.be\/QE7U_1mj8VM?si=5gPAoZ4ERWLBtarW<\/a>. Peter is a Wellness Practitioner, with an extensive education and practice in Consciousness Studies and Hypnotherapy. Peter’s website is at https:\/\/www.convergencehealing.com<\/a>.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  CC and Me I believed I had an Enemy Inside. I called It The Comfort Complex. Complex Indeed, made of Narcissism, Laziness, Resistance to Work, Effort, Labor, Always The Easy Way Out, On the Path of Least Resistance, Comfort at Any Cost. Rarely Do I Fight This Enemy. Mostly I Surrender. But then I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3464"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3470,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3464\/revisions\/3470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}