{"id":58,"date":"2009-11-11T12:08:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T18:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2009-11-11T12:08:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T18:08:10","slug":"finding-yourself-fresh-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/finding-yourself-fresh-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Yourself: A Fresh Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It used to be <\/strong>that Armistice Day (aka Veterans Day) was the one day of the year when I was sure to wear a tie. It was out of respect for those who have fought for Freedom. My own experience in the armed forces was rather serene, compared to what others have endured. I wanted to show my appreciation and admiration for the real heroes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The original <\/strong>Armistice Day was November 11, 1918&#8230;the 11th month, the 11th day, on the 11th hour&#8230;and it was hailed as the end of the &#8220;War to end all wars.&#8221; I wish it were so, but it hasn&#8217;t turned out that way. Millions more have died in armed conflict&#8230;on our streets and on the battlefield. God, help us all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So it is <\/strong>that I took a fresh look at Armistice today, and here is my conclusion: I&#8217;m looking for the <em>Peace that ends all war<\/em>, and I hope it begins today. What if the whole world were to stop and listen? What would happen then? <\/p>\n<p><strong>In my own life<\/strong>, I&#8217;ve begun a fresh assessment of who I am and where I&#8217;m headed. The best place to begin is in the beginning, so why not return there and re-evaluate?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to get a start on your own <a href=\"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/workbook\/\">Roadmap to Freedom<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It used to be that Armistice Day (aka Veterans Day) was the one day of the year when I was sure to wear a tie. It was out of respect for those who have fought for Freedom. My own experience in the armed forces was rather serene, compared to what others have endured. I wanted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[42,134,294],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadturn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}