{"id":2949,"date":"2021-02-04T19:17:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T19:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/?p=2949"},"modified":"2021-02-04T19:17:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T19:17:44","slug":"that-feeling-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2021\/02\/04\/that-feeling-of-power\/","title":{"rendered":"That feeling of power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is it that makes you feel like you have a sense of agency, a feeling of power? It is important we all feel some sense of control in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cindy sent me this from a Facebook site she follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_7002-716x1024.jpg?resize=304%2C434&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2950\" width=\"304\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_7002.jpg?resize=716%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 716w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_7002.jpg?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1 210w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_7002.jpg?resize=768%2C1098&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_7002.jpg?resize=1074%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1074w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_7002.jpg?w=1242&amp;ssl=1 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been growing tomatoes in my office using a hydroponic gardening setup and I know exactly how this feels. Power to the people &#8211; especially the gardeners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tom1.png?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tom1.png?w=1008&amp;ssl=1 1008w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tom1.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tom1.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tom2-768x1024.png?resize=640%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tom2.png?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tom2.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tom2.png?w=1008&amp;ssl=1 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is it that makes you feel like you have a sense of agency, a feeling of power? It is important we all feel some sense of control in our lives. Cindy sent me this from a Facebook site she &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/2021\/02\/04\/that-feeling-of-power\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2949"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2953,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2949\/revisions\/2953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/curmudgeonspeaks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}