{"id":120,"date":"2007-10-22T21:26:27","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T05:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2026-04-19T05:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:15:13","slug":"heaven-help-the-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Heaven Help the Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These words haunt me lately as I stab around in my head for answers.  I am the tinman searching for my heart thinking someone has stolen it&#8230; but alas, it has been with me here the entire time.  I was just not listening.<\/p>\n<p>Now, between the sine waves of noise I can see glimpses of it&#8230; I am sneaking ever so slowly up on it and when I grab hold I promise never to let go.  Shhhhhh&#8230;. don&#8217;t tell.  I&#8217;m onto it.  The everyday coincidences are leading me inside, showing me the way to my own personal labyrinth.  As I walk the maze a calm settles over, the goose bumps fade and the beating of my pulse slows.<\/p>\n<p>There is a small bead of light just around the corner, right now I can feel its warmth and a sweet song off in the distance.  The smell of fresh sweet bread is filling my soul as I edge closer and closer to my home.<\/p>\n<p>I am finally ready to take the plunge.  Just sit there and watch me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These words haunt me lately as I stab around in my head for answers. I am the tinman searching for my heart thinking someone has stolen it&#8230; but alas, it has been with me here the entire time. I was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/?p=120\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-beginning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6053,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/6053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privatenook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The constant WPCACHEHOME must be set in the file wp-config.php and point at the WP Super Cache plugin directory. -->