{"id":346684,"date":"2021-06-25T06:03:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T20:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=346684"},"modified":"2021-06-25T06:03:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T20:03:02","slug":"virtues-and-vices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/virtues-and-vices\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtues and Vices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sincere Sonnet Slices<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<em>\u201cUse no hurtful deceit, think innocently and justly;\u00a0and if you speak, speak accordingly.\u201d <\/em><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t   <strong>\u2014B. Franklin<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nPlease allow me to make myself perfectly clear<br \/>\nand speak from my heart with utmost sincerity<br \/>\nin this virtue\u2019s direction I would like to steer<br \/>\nto try and give honesty some equal parity<br \/>\nof course there has to be levity and humor<br \/>\nhopefully a joke comes across with clarity<br \/>\nwith no intent to harm or spread a rumor<br \/>\nbut add to friendly conversation some hilarity<br \/>\nstay clear of argumentation laden with lies<br \/>\nbecome known as one who speaks with verity<br \/>\nlearn to compromise and eat a few humble pies<br \/>\nbe sincere and selfless when dispensing charity<br \/>\nspeak to others with a clear head and sincere heart\u00a0<br \/>\nyou\u2019ll be welcome coming in and when you depart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Insincerity: Jokes Lies and Wise Guys<\/strong><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nGeorge Henry Lewes wrote \u201cInsincerity is always\u00a0<br \/>\nweakness, sincerity even in error is strength.\u201d<br \/>\ncertain wise guys suffer from mental obliqueness<br \/>\njokers and liars are often insincere at length<br \/>\nsays Chinese philosopher teacher Confucius,<br \/>\n\u201c Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\ninsincerity flounders in the trivial realm of a doofus<br \/>\ndrop insecurity, when you say something mean it<br \/>\ncurtail use of both hyperbole and exaggeration<br \/>\nhear nasty lies? Be sincere about them to clean it<br \/>\nup. Then walk a sincere path out of the situation<br \/>\ntell those jokers to hit the road and talk straight<br \/>\nshow those not answering a simple question<br \/>\nthat insecurity strikes out and misses home plate<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joey &#8216;Pepe Batbon&#8217; Connolly (Special to the Saipan Tribune)<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Joey aka Pepe Batbon is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is a sonnet practitioner who enjoys stargazing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sincere Sonnet Slices \u00a0 \u201cUse no hurtful deceit, think innocently and justly;\u00a0and if you speak,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":322001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,23672,23673,13843],"class_list":["post-346684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-cnmi","tag-lvnv","tag-nola","tag-pepe-batbon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}