{"id":565,"date":"2011-06-18T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/?p=565"},"modified":"2011-06-18T08:02:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T08:02:00","slug":"at-the-crossroads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"At the Crossroads&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there-<\/p>\n<p>I found this lovely poem the otherday by happenstance (um&#8230;.NOT!) and read it during&#0160;a ritual to&#0160;Papa Legba. &#0160;It felt really good when I read it, and I believe I will be using it again. I wanted to share it with you, incase it appeals to you as well. To me, this poem really grabs the heart of what Lebga is about- showing us the way to success and happiness \ud83d\ude09 <br \/>Love,<\/p>\n<p>Sister Bridget<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none;\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At the Crossroads&#0160; ~~by Sadie Tiller Crawley<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">He stood at the crossroads all alone, <br \/>The sunlight in his face; <br \/>He had no thought for an evil course, <br \/>He was set for a manly race. <br \/>But the road stretched east and the <br \/>road stretched west, <br \/>And he did not know which road <br \/>was the best; <br \/>So he took the wrong road and it lead <br \/>him down, <br \/>And he lost the race and the <br \/>victor&#39;s crown. <br \/>He was caught at last in an <br \/>angry snare <br \/>Because no one stood at the <br \/>crossroads there <br \/>To show him the better road. <br \/>Another day at the self-same place <br \/>A boy with high hopes stood; <br \/>He, too, was set for a manly race <br \/>He was seeking the things that <br \/>were good. <br \/>And one was there who the roads <br \/>did know, <br \/>And that one showed him the <br \/>way to go; <br \/>So he turned away from the road <br \/>leading down, <br \/>And he won the race and the <br \/>victor&#39;s crown; <br \/>He walks today on the highways fair <br \/>Because one stood at the <br \/>crossroads there <br \/>To show him a better road.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/voodooboutique.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54edc5c68883301b8d151d50a970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Papa-Legba\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54edc5c68883301b8d151d50a970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/voodooboutique.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54edc5c68883301b8d151d50a970c-320wi\" style=\"margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;\" title=\"Papa-Legba\" \/><\/a><br \/>&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there- I found this lovely poem the otherday by happenstance (um&#8230;.NOT!) and read it during&#0160;a ritual to&#0160;Papa Legba. &#0160;It felt really good when I read it, and I believe I will be using it again. I wanted to share it with you, incase it appeals to you as well. To me, this poem really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[349,351,342],"tags":[7,6,15,8,444,203,420,3,25,362,42,4,460],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helpful-hints-and-tips","category-spell-casting","category-spirituality","tag-free-spells","tag-love-spells","tag-mambo-sam","tag-money-spells","tag-ogoun","tag-reverend-corfield","tag-sister-bridget","tag-spellmaker","tag-spellmaker-com","tag-tarot","tag-vodou","tag-voodoo","tag-voodoo-lamps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}