{"id":18852,"date":"2020-10-20T16:30:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T22:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=18852"},"modified":"2022-02-01T10:36:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:36:38","slug":"its-easier-to-love-my-neighbor-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/its-easier-to-love-my-neighbor-when\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s easier to love my neighbor when&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;I don&#8217;t know their preferences on politics and television shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;I stay away from social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;I speak to them in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;I cease to label them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;I don&#8217;t replay hurtful situations in my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;I use the phrase from Pahoran to Captain Moroni, &#8220;It mattereth not,&#8221; when somebody speaks in ignorance about me or mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;I work on becoming closer to God, and pray for the gift of charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;I do something nice for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been times in my life when I have loved more than I love now, and the key was to be with people, listen to their stories, and do all I could to help them. I have made a commitment at 11:30 each day to reach out to someone, to have a real voice conversation, or to be helpful. I am still struggling to regain my health six months past surgery, but sick or well, I can make a phonecall or write a letter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;I don&#8217;t know their preferences on politics and television shows. &#8230;I stay away from social media. &#8230;I speak to them in person. &#8230;I cease to label them. &#8230;I don&#8217;t replay hurtful situations in my mind. &#8230;I use the phrase from Pahoran to Captain Moroni, &#8220;It mattereth not,&#8221; when somebody speaks in ignorance about me or &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2020\/10\/its-easier-to-love-my-neighbor-when\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s easier to love my neighbor when&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-of-mormon","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18852"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21849,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18852\/revisions\/21849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}