{"id":363865,"date":"2022-03-10T06:04:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=363865"},"modified":"2022-03-10T06:04:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T20:04:48","slug":"two-slices-of-virtues-and-vices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/two-slices-of-virtues-and-vices\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Slices of Virtues and Vices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>On his list of 13 Virtues Benjamin Franklin\u2019s comment on Humility was short and to the point: \u201cImitate Jesus and Socrates.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Capability for Humility<\/strong><br \/>\nDo you have a capability for humility<br \/>\nmost have this virtue as a possibility<br \/>\nit depends on our own individuality<br \/>\nand the mentality of your own reality<br \/>\ndiminished pride will increase integrity<br \/>\nup front congeniality is a positive quality<br \/>\nkindness to others increases the ability<br \/>\nto practice humility\u2019s nascent durability<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes when practicing humility mumble<br \/>\nand let your false pride and big ego crumble<br \/>\nas humility and pride get mixed in a jumble<br \/>\nfor wise answers or comments we fumble<br \/>\nfrom birth to death we often take a tumble<br \/>\nas through life\u2019s immensities we stumble.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pride Goes Before a Fall<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cPride goeth before destruction, and a haughty\u00a0spirit before a fall.\u201d\u2014Proverbs 16:18<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As to what kind of false pride we must abide<br \/>\nwho will take an intelligent yet a homely bride<br \/>\nover acne pimples how many teens have cried<br \/>\nwho is more handsome families can\u2019t decide<br \/>\nfor top grade point average how many brains fried\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>what does a pure soul look like from inside<br \/>\nwith dyed blonde hair was her bust amplified<br \/>\nwith sagging skin and gray hair was he horrified<br \/>\ndoes he call their separation a Great Divide<br \/>\nhide embarrassment behind a thick macho hide<br \/>\ntoo proud to admit denial when world\u2019s collide<br \/>\npleased as punch when his position is glorified<br \/>\nsays I can hold my booze when he\u2019s pie-eyed<br \/>\nin his humility torpor rules, and he is terrified.<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOEY \u2018PEPE BATBON\u2019 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>On his list of 13 Virtues Benjamin Franklin\u2019s comment on Humility was short and to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":355846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[26,23672,23673,13843],"class_list":["post-363865","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\/363865","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=363865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}