{"id":2660,"date":"2025-09-15T18:27:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/being-oblivious-has-its-merits\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:27:26","slug":"being-oblivious-has-its-merits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/being-oblivious-has-its-merits\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Oblivious Has Its Merits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being oblivious to the news and the terrible
\nstories in the news frees a person from
\nthe tensions and the turmoil always
\nhappening in the world.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easier to be happy when not consumed
\nwith all the negative news.<\/p>\n

Perhaps fewer trips to doctors,
\nless high blood pressure and legitimate depression,
\nmaybe less heart attacks and strokes too. <\/p>\n

More blissful moments in ignorance,
\nless outraged moments,
\nmore peace of mind.<\/p>\n

A happier life without the truth,
\nprobably dying peacefully in sleep.<\/p>\n

Bob Boyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being oblivious to the news and the terrible stories in the news frees a person from the tensions and the turmoil always happening in the world. It\u2019s easier to be happy when not consumed with all the negative news. Perhaps fewer trips to doctors, less high blood pressure and legitimate depression, maybe less heart attacks… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}