{"id":2297,"date":"2012-12-17T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T12:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/?p=2297"},"modified":"2013-04-07T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-07T08:45:08","slug":"ticked-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/ticked-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticked Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I find myself really ticked off these days.<\/p>\n<p>Naffed off.  Frustrated.  Wanting to hit someone.  Simply &#8230;ticked off.<\/p>\n<p>There are things that I see in the world around me that just press my buttons.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe this is a follow up to my last post, <a href=\"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/message-of-hope\/\" title=\"A Message of Hope\">A Message of Hope<\/a>&#8230; maybe it&#8217;s a rebuttal.  But the recent school shootings in Connecticut are just another example of things that make me want to shout and hit someone.  If you haven&#8217;t heard about it, consider yourself lucky to not hear another story of human nature gone amok.  If you have, then you don&#8217;t need me to link to it to read it again.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/face_punch.jpg\" alt=\"Face Punch\" title=\"face_punch\" width=\"590\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2298\" srcset=\"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/face_punch.jpg 590w, http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/face_punch-300x152.jpg 300w, http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/face_punch-127x65.jpg 127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It ticks me off that schools still don&#8217;t have the security they need.  (It also ticks me off that schools need security AT ALL)<\/p>\n<p>It ticks me off that people spend millions on frivolous nonsense but yet worthy causes and charities are forced to scrape and beg for money.<\/p>\n<p>It ticks me off that a generation of young people are going through life with no purpose.<\/p>\n<p>It ticks me off that a generation of young people are abused and have no idea of their identity and authority.<\/p>\n<h2>Righteous Anger?<\/h2>\n<p>Is okay to be so angry?  I know I shouldn&#8217;t go around punching people, but should I offer hugs instead?  I might have a lot of work to do in this area, but my mission is to turn frustration and anger into action.  <\/p>\n<p>There might not be a way I can help with security and safety in schools&#8230; but there is something I can do to tell young adults of their identity and purpose in life&#8230; and provide outlets for them to experience life and grow into mature adults.<\/p>\n<p>But sometimes I still want to hit some people&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><em>Is that bad?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo Credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/mike_nelson\/\">Mike Nelson, Creative Commons<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I find myself really ticked off these days. Naffed off. Frustrated. Wanting to hit someone. Simply &#8230;ticked off. There are things that I see in the world around me that just press my buttons. Maybe this is a follow up to my last post, A Message of Hope&#8230; maybe it&#8217;s a rebuttal. But the recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2297"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297\/revisions\/2401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/warriorshepherd.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}