{"id":14894,"date":"2016-12-21T08:38:33","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T13:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/?p=14894"},"modified":"2016-12-21T08:38:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T13:38:33","slug":"winter-solstice-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/winter-solstice-musings\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Solstice Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trees_630x251.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"630\" height=\"251\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trees_630x251.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.bostonsurvivalguide.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Trees_630x251-400x159.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trying to unwind the gnarled thoughts from this fretful year, it seemed so very easy to sink comfortably into all the hatred and venom and take up arms. To become hardened to the perceived threat, rather than try to understand it. Gather comrades tightly around and fortify defenses, rather than reach out to the enemy. But all that did, in retrospect, was to widen the rift and poison the air around us.<\/p>\n<p>It is far less comfortable, far less safe, to detach from and step out of enveloping womb of one&#8217;s world view. To gaze harshly upon oneself from the enemy camp and begin to question. 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