{"id":3079,"date":"2009-02-10T00:30:58","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2009-02-10T00:30:58","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T18:30:58","slug":"reading-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/2009\/02\/10\/reading-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"reading the news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bushfire1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bushfire1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bushfire1\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bushfire1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archives.piajanebijkerk.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/bushfire1-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<SMALL>photo from Lauren Wilson&#8217;s report for <a href=\"http:\/\/media.theaustralian.com.au\/multimedia\/2009\/02\/09-lwilson\/index.html\"target=\"_blank\">The Australian<\/a><\/SMALL><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t cope well with suffering. be it human or other.  so I&#8217;ve been putting off reading the news about the <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory?id=6833919\"target=\"_blank\">victoria bush fires<\/a> since mum told me about them late last week. But a moment ago I felt brave enough to do so. and now my eyes sting, my skin tingles, and my heart bleeds.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t often isolate such incidents on my blog as there is always so much suffering going on all over the world at any given time, and I am acutely aware of this with every breath I take. So with that said, I take a deep breath&#8230; and I exhale all my love, all my courage, and all my strength to all those who need it. If you feel inclined, perhaps you&#8217;d like to take this moment to do the same. <\/p>\n<p>xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo from Lauren Wilson&#8217;s report for The Australian I don&#8217;t cope well with suffering. be it human or other. so I&#8217;ve been putting off reading the news about the victoria bush fires since mum told me about them late last week. 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