{"id":9892,"date":"2015-01-12T14:16:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T19:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/?p=9892"},"modified":"2025-12-21T00:18:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T05:18:24","slug":"if-thats-what-it-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/if-thats-what-it-takes\/","title":{"rendered":"If Thats What It Takes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7886\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-content\/uploads\/div_small_bot1.png\" alt=\"divider\" width=\"508\" height=\"20\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-content\/uploads\/div_small_bot1.png 508w, https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-content\/uploads\/div_small_bot1-300x11.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-1qwihng-789471fee6cf2697c237c38b66830450 hr-short hr-left'><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"topcontinfo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"framecontainer\">\n<div class=\"imgpix\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bbox\" src=\"..\/..\/intl\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/ifthatswhatittakes.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"num\">01<\/div>\n<div class=\"txtinfo\">If That&#8217;s What It Takes. (<a title=\"Bigger Image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/ifthatswhatittakes.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#<\/a>)<\/div>\n<div class=\"photog\">\u00a9 Ashton .W \/ Ashtonesia dot com<\/div>\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>01.12.2015 <strong>Li:1622:<\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If That&#8217;s What It Takes.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-25dhnc-382765393e461cad8a3566bb2581d7c2\">\n#top .hr.av-25dhnc-382765393e461cad8a3566bb2581d7c2{\nmargin-top:5px;\nmargin-bottom:5px;\n}\n.hr.av-25dhnc-382765393e461cad8a3566bb2581d7c2 .hr-inner{\nwidth:108px;\nmax-width:45%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-25dhnc-382765393e461cad8a3566bb2581d7c2 hr-custom hr-left hr-icon-yes'><span class='hr-inner inner-border-av-border-thin'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><span class='av-seperator-icon avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue8a3' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/span><span class='hr-inner inner-border-av-border-thin'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<br \/>\nThose that haven&#8217;t learned from History are bound to repeat it. Chances are it will happen again until we get it right, I prefer to ask what will it take for every grain of sand on every beach to see no shades of color? What would it take for all walk of life see above the fences of distortion? We point fingers at those that kill while we ourselves have approved of the nonsense that radiate fear in our lives. There must be something to all of this, what level of pain would it take to create a world of peace? It sounds like a dream but it&#8217;s not impossible. We take thing for granted because it hasn&#8217;t happened to the individual. The earth, the human mind contains one of the highest energies known to ever exist in our presence that we can touch, smell and feel, so why do bad things happen?<\/p>\n<p>My definition of it all, bad things are ourselves being out of focus with who we are to be denying the vision that was giving to make a better world and trading it for something lesser than what the goodness of the universe has intended for us to survive as beings of the Most High. But if that is what it takes, then someone has to make the sacrifice for the rest of us, until we begin to understand the true meaning of the value of life. My preys go out to not only those that has lost their life in Paris but to all of those that has lost their life that never had anyone to speak for them. You are part of this global family called humans.<\/p>\n<p>Kop Jai, \u0e2d\u0e27\u0e22\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e04\u0e38\u0e13 &#x1f64f;&#x1f3ff; &#x1f525;&#x1f525;&#x2764;&#xfe0f;&#x1f4f8;&#x1f4f8;&#x1f4f8;<br \/>\n<blockquote><span style=\"font-size:14px; \"> The Passage, The Journey, The Imprint of Li.fe.<br> \r\n\tI am both <strong>Darkness<\/strong> and <strong>Light.<\/strong> \u2015 A.N. &#x1f463;<\/span><\/blockquote>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[301,363,246],"class_list":["post-9892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","tag-li-fe","tag-signature","tag-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9892"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20186,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9892\/revisions\/20186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ashtonesia.com\/intl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}