{"id":5939,"date":"2020-08-31T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2020-08-30T17:26:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T21:26:33","slug":"to-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/to-society\/","title":{"rendered":"To Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"To Society 8\/31\/20\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/kdvnr-e976e1?from=pb6admin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;skin=1&#038;pfauth=&#038;btn-skin=107\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We blame society, yet we fail to realize<br>that each and every one of us makes up society.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Everyone should realize that we are each<br>living, breathing human beings;<br>all with our own struggles.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>We all go home and stare in the mirror<br>wishing we could be someone different,<br>we all struggle to find our place in this world, and<br>We.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Have.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Own.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Struggles.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>So why go out of your way<br>to make someone else\u2019s worse,&nbsp;<br>when you can simply move on with your life,&nbsp;<br>or even better,&nbsp;<br>help someone else out for a change.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Because, you see,&nbsp;<br>if you live in a world where everyone blames society,<br>you might as well blame yourself,&nbsp;<br>because you are a part&nbsp;<br>of society too.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Julie Martinez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In what ways are YOU working to bring about The Common Good in your community and in our country?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please take a look at my new book \u2013 THE GATHERING<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-amazon-kindle wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oceanwp-oembed-wrap clr\"><iframe title=\"THE GATHERING: Jesus and Abortion A Story For Our Time\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"1200\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=kpd&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_tCUY9Fu5YbktOM&#038;asin=B08BDSDQ5L&#038;tag=kpembed-20\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We blame society, yet we fail to realizethat each and every one of us makes up society. 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