{"id":867,"date":"2021-06-11T18:42:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T01:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=867"},"modified":"2021-06-11T18:43:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-12T01:43:28","slug":"the-keeper-of-the-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/06\/11\/the-keeper-of-the-button\/","title":{"rendered":"The Keeper of the Button"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/p>\n

The Keeper of the Button<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes in the darkness
\nbefore you arise
\nyou may feel lost
\nin a jungle of
\nunfinished tasks, or
\nunrequited love, or
\na shameful lack of
\ndiligence about
\nthis or that;<\/p>\n

to the point that
\nyou wish for
\na button
\nyou might push that
\nwhisks you away into
\nnothingness.<\/p>\n

Imagine that
\nThe Keeper of the Button
\nrequires this:
\nYou must first
\nsit down for
\none hour
\nand inquire of
\nyourself if there is
\none thing
\nyou can say for certain
\nyou were born to do.<\/p>\n

When you find something
\nyou will know it
\nby the way it
\nstirs a sense of
\nMystery,
\na touch of the
\nDivine.
\nBut you will know it.<\/p>\n

Then you will say to
\nThe Keeper of the Button
\nthat you have
\nchanged your mind.<\/p>\n

You see a way out
\nof the Jungle.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Ajit Singh, UnSplash.com)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  The Keeper of the Button Sometimes in the darkness before you arise you may feel lost in a jungle of unfinished tasks, or unrequited love, or a shameful lack of diligence about this or that; to the point that you wish for a button you might push that whisks you away into nothingness. Imagine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t