{"id":4447,"date":"2025-03-21T13:55:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T17:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=4447"},"modified":"2025-03-21T14:04:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T18:04:26","slug":"dont-stop-believing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=4447","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Stop Believing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The writing prompt for this piece was the title of a Journey song: Don\u2019t stop believin\u2019. We had 6 minutes to write.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Don\u2019t Stop Believing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>D<\/strong>on\u2019t stop believing<\/p>\n<p><strong>O<\/strong>ne cannot do it alone<\/p>\n<p><strong>N<\/strong>ever let them tell you that you can\u2019t<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018T<\/strong>ell yourself you are better than that<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>S<\/strong>tay the course and persist<\/p>\n<p><strong>T<\/strong>emper your judgment with logic<\/p>\n<p><strong>O<\/strong>nward as you go<\/p>\n<p><strong>P<\/strong>repare for what is to come<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>B<\/strong>ut also prepare to show cause<\/p>\n<p><strong>E<\/strong>nter into the fray well-armed<\/p>\n<p><strong>L<\/strong>ies do not protect those who use them<\/p>\n<p><strong>I<\/strong>\u2019m going to have my say<\/p>\n<p><strong>E<\/strong>veryone needs to listen and respect<\/p>\n<p><strong>V<\/strong>irtuous people will respond with hope<\/p>\n<p><strong>I<\/strong>nstill empathy among those without<\/p>\n<p><strong>N<\/strong>o one is above the law<\/p>\n<p><strong>G<\/strong>oodness comes from understanding<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The writing prompt for this piece was the title of a Journey song: Don\u2019t stop believin\u2019. We had 6 minutes to write. Don\u2019t Stop Believing Don\u2019t stop believing One cannot do it alone Never let them tell you that you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/?p=4447\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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":[4,7],"tags":[177],"class_list":["post-4447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-original-stories","category-story-writing","tag-writing-prompt"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4447"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4450,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4447\/revisions\/4450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hdhstory.net\/Storyblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}