{"id":1628,"date":"2006-01-02T04:37:56","date_gmt":"2006-01-02T12:37:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T08:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1628","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So many people talk about what they want to change about themselves.  They point out what they dislike about themselves.  They talk about who they want to be like.  Most aren\\&#8217;t satisfied with who they are and want to <i>improve<\/i>.  Or at least, people on the pursuit for happiness are in search of self-improvement.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, would people be satisfied with a sudden transformation?  Wouldn\\&#8217;t they still be looking toward the horizon, hoping for more?<\/p>\n<p>I have always wondered about that in the makeover shows.  They look great afterwards.  Lost weight, better haircut, better fashion, but are they happier?<\/p>\n<p>It\\&#8217;s just a thought, because lately several people have been giving me advice on how I should change myself.  Externally:  Clothes.  Appearance.  Hair.  Makeup.  Internally:  Characteristics.  Personality weaknesses.  Traits.  Relationships with people.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these come unexpected.  Some are welcomed.  Some are unwanted.  Some come as criticisms.  Some come as optimistic encouragement.  Some bring about resentment.  And that brings up a question, are we always so dissatisfied with the people we know?  We think we know what will make them happier so we suggest things, ways to change.  We only want to help them, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So many people talk about what they want to change about themselves. They point out what they dislike about themselves. They talk about who they want to be like. Most aren\\&#8217;t satisfied with who they are and want to improve. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=1628\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}