\nis really just seeking permission to succeed,
\nor worse, permission to exist —that <\/em>is weakness.<\/p>\n
You exist whether anyone likes it or not, and The only one that can grant or deny you When politeness becomes a prison, And maybe… just maybe your words So, clang your cup against the bars! Yes, I know, it’s sad but true. So, be polite… Things that took forever and a day to learn: Politeness is a lost social art. People don’t always understand it and confuse it for weakness. Be polite anyway –that is strength. But, sometimes excessive politeness is really just seeking permission to succeed, or worse, permission to exist —that is weakness. Quote by Margaret Graham You […]<\/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-11101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atalantarising.surly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atalantarising.surly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atalantarising.surly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atalantarising.surly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atalantarising.surly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11101"}],"version-history":[{"count":82,"href":"https:\/\/atalantarising.surly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13003,"href":"https:\/\/atalantarising.surly.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11101\/revisions\/13003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atalantarising.surly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atalantarising.surly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atalantarising.surly.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Untitled\"](\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3924\/14798528697_4c7982a1dc.jpg\")
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\nQuote by Margaret Graham<\/a><\/p>\n
\nyou get to define success, for you<\/em>. <\/p>\n
\nthe permission to pursue and enjoy success…
\nis you<\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nit’s time to take the offensive.
\nFar worse then offending is living
\ntrapped in your polite, timid prison.<\/p>\n
\nare the difference that was needed all along.
\nThe sharp, quick slap-in-the-face that wakes
\n the mind to right even greater wrongs. <\/p>\n
\nClang and bang and shout and yell
\nuntil you find there is no lock and key,
\nor concrete walls and iron bars trapping
\nyou in. <\/p>\n
\nIt was only ever your excessive
\npoliteness that held you captive–
\nforever and a day.<\/p>\n
\nbut not so polite you abdicate your life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"