{"id":46,"date":"2024-10-15T20:29:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T01:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/?p=46"},"modified":"2024-10-15T20:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T01:29:11","slug":"this-i-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/2024\/10\/15\/this-i-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"This I Believe&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I believe in following the rules (to an extent).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe that when a person starts something, they should finish it. I believe in following through. When I turned 15 and started to learn how to drive and general driving etiquette, I learned the basic rule that gas stations have designated directions.I believe that people should follow those basic directions. At Sam\u2019s Club there is a high number of people who don\u2019t quite understand the importance of those directions. Those people are more worried about getting their gas and leaving.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe that people should understand how their choices impact someone&#8217;s day. Maybe I believe that people need to think about others more than I believe in following the rules.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other day I went to get gas at Sam\u2019s. My tank is on the right side of my car, opposite of most. It may just happen that I get into an accident just getting gas. The amount of time I spent in the line at Sam\u2019s just to see that the reason our line took forever was because someone decided to go against the grain and feel special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are times, though, where I find it necessary to break the rules. Like when I\u2019m not being taken seriously at the doctor, I feel the need to break the rules and social norms just a little bit. Or when my favorite show comes out with a new episode I feel like I have to break the rules and lie saying that I haven\u2019t watched the newest episode yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being told that I am just overthinking or exaggerating my symptoms made me feel like I could not trust the doctors. After I told them that my symptoms were worse than they actually were, I finally got the treatment I needed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I never watched the recent episode of Avatar. In fact, I never liked it. I always lied to her about liking it. I guess that might be a little more than a small white lie, but it still isn\u2019t telling the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe in following the rules (to an extent). Maybe I believe in doing the right thing more than I do following the rules. It most likely is my belief in considering how actions affect others. Maybe it is more of a belief in following societal norms. Whatever it is, I believe in it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe in following the rules (to an extent).&nbsp; I believe that when a person starts something, they should finish it. I believe in following through. When I turned 15 and started to learn how to drive and general driving etiquette, I learned the basic rule that gas stations have designated directions.I believe that people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/mje006mside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}