{"id":586,"date":"2015-08-03T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/?p=586"},"modified":"2018-05-17T19:23:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T19:23:52","slug":"to-the-sensitive-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/to-the-sensitive-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"To the sensitive ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At times when I find myself in a world of harshness, when brutality seems the only communication, or ice-cold eyes stare at me, when rough faces define the surrounding. When concrete blocks reduce my breath or nature belongs to the others. When I wake up in a land where humans are defined by their achievements, encounters used to compare belongings and meetings only joyful with stimulants &#8230; I do feel overwhelmed. And not only once have have I wanted to be numb. To not know. See. Hear. As it if would have changed how I feel. Thank you Jeff Foster for the beautiful words you have put together so that I can gently travel back into my world!<\/p>\n<p><strong>TO THE SENSITIVE ONES<\/strong><br \/>\nDo not be ashamed of your sensitivity!<br \/>\nIt has brought you many riches.<br \/>\nYou see what others cannot see,<br \/>\nFeel what others are ashamed to feel.<br \/>\nYou are more open, less numb.<br \/>\nYou find it harder to turn a blind eye.<br \/>\nYou have not closed your heart,<br \/>\nin spite of everything.<br \/>\nYou are able to hold<br \/>\nthe most intense highs<br \/>\nand the darkest lows<br \/>\nin your loving embrace.<\/p>\n<h6>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/h6>\n<p>(You know that neither define you.<br \/>\nEverything passes through.<br \/>\nYou are a cosmic vessel.)<br \/>\nCelebrate your sensitivity!<br \/>\nIt has kept you flexible and open.<br \/>\nYou have remained close to wonder.<br \/>\nAnd awareness burns brightly in you.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t compare yourself with others.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t expect them to understand.<br \/>\nBut teach them:<br \/>\nIt\u2019s okay to feel, deeply.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s okay to not know.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s okay to play<br \/>\non the raw edge of life.<br \/>\nLife may seem \u2018harder\u2019 for you at times,<br \/>\nAnd often you are close to overwhelm.<br \/>\nBut it\u2019s harder still<br \/>\nto repress your overwhelming gifts.<br \/>\nSensitive ones,<br \/>\nBring some gentleness into this weary world!<br \/>\nShine on with courageous sensitivity!<br \/>\nYou are the light bearers!<br \/>\n<strong><em>~ Jeff Foster<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These beautiful words help me to gently travel back into my world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2697,"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions\/2697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yoniegg.rocks\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}