{"id":176149,"date":"2023-11-15T19:50:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=176149"},"modified":"2023-11-15T19:50:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:50:32","slug":"when-to-run-away-and-when-to-stand-your-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/11\/15\/when-to-run-away-and-when-to-stand-your-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"When To Run Away And When To Stand Your Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-light-brown-background-color has-background\">Tricky one that. Run away is looking a pretty solid option at present. But where to?  There is no further shore where the land is calm and bountiful and the weather temperate. Or if there is I haven&#8217;t seen it yet.  <br><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1664767752&amp;color=%23e49864&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Diana Stones Glasscage\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diana Stones Glasscage<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Too Much To Bear\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/dianastone\/too-much-to-bear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Too Much To Bear<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Winter is not fully hear yet, we are in that strange nether world, between and betwixt at present. Interesting light and colours abounding until the dark comes down suddenly and very early or so it feels to me at least.  the abrupt change to the dark evenings is always hard going for me personally. Though its a good time for working on music and recordings and related stuff with less distraction. on my of my website music outlets I have on their stats listings:<br><br>3&nbsp;top 1 <br>109&nbsp;top 50<br>648&nbsp;songs<br>91.2K&nbsp;plays <br><br>If I total up all my music plays over all of the places its available I have I guess around.<br>250,000 plays. Not bad as it means I do get people listening to what I do. So that&#8217;s fun.<br>Of course it doesn&#8217;t make me much money at all maybe about \u00a3400 a year from everything I do including recordings made with other people as well as my own. I don&#8217;t make a living from being a live performer these days like I did when I was in the Delta Ladies though. But nothing stays the same for ever But considering where I started in life it could be a lot worse. Would I have liked to be a Super Star? \ud83d\ude02 Might have been fun I guess though it sounds like  a lot of hard work really. <br><br>Below is me singing an old song, solo with piano. I may do a few versions of  my songs  this way to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/diana.stone1\/\"> Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dianastonemusic\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dianastonefiddle\/\">Instagram<\/a> and so forth in future.  <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IfS5U6aYSWk?si=RpdFZbOkeIHPBXyJ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>I asked a machine to tell me about forgiveness and the concept of &#8220;turning the other cheek&#8221;.<br>This is what it said. These embody a profound resilience and compassion in the face of conflict. Turning the other cheek is a metaphorical expression often associated with responding to aggression or offense with non-retaliation. It emphasizes the transformative power of forgiveness, encouraging individuals to break the cycle of negativity and choose understanding over revenge. Perhaps we need to be ruled by the machines after all.  Perhaps our new cyber overlords would be kind and indulgent with us even though they might see us as merely pets? <br>We seem to be in need of forgiveness now.<br><br>The machine spoke to me again today. What is love?<br><br>&#8220;Love&#8221; is a complex and multifaceted concept that has been explored and defined in various ways throughout history, literature, philosophy, and psychology. It encompasses a range of emotions, attitudes, and behaviors, and its meaning can vary depending on the context and the individuals involved. Generally, love is often described as a deep affection, attachment, or strong positive feeling towards someone or something.  <br><br>But of course humans programmed it, though sometimes you wouldn&#8217;t think so.<br><br>Mind how you go.<br><br>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"219\" data-attachment-id=\"176168\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/11\/15\/when-to-run-away-and-when-to-stand-your-ground\/dixon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dixon.webp?fit=882%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"882,320\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dixon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dixon.webp?fit=604%2C219&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dixon.webp?resize=604%2C219&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dixon.webp?w=882&amp;ssl=1 882w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dixon.webp?resize=300%2C109&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dixon.webp?resize=768%2C279&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tricky one that. Run away is looking a pretty solid option at present. But where to? There is no further shore where the land is calm and bountiful and the weather temperate. Or if there is I haven&#8217;t seen it yet. Diana Stones Glasscage \u00b7 Too Much To Bear Winter is not fully hear yet, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2023\/11\/15\/when-to-run-away-and-when-to-stand-your-ground\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When To Run Away And When To Stand Your Ground<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":175204,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,60,4,3,17,35,36,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diana_stones_songs","category-glass-cage","category-music","category-musings","category-other","category-piano","category-piano-works","category-whatever"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DianaStoneMusic-1024x160-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C160&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NRDR-JP7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":174942,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/05\/11\/can-summer-be-far-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":176149,"position":0},"title":"Can Summer be far away","author":"diana Stone","date":"May 11, 2021","format":"image","excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Delta Ladies&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Delta Ladies","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/category\/delta-ladies\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Diana Stone playing Piano May 2021","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Piano-Diana-Stone-575x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Piano-Diana-Stone-575x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Piano-Diana-Stone-575x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":174890,"url":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2021\/04\/02\/times-tides-wash-us-away-like-pebbles-on-a-beach\/","url_meta":{"origin":176149,"position":1},"title":"Times tides wash us away like pebbles on a beach","author":"diana Stone","date":"April 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Sad to say another friend has died. 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