Lao Tzu

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect. -- Lao Tzu

January 27, 2010

Acceptance vs Acquiescence

I happened upon a post written by Will at WillSpirit which beautifully explains the idea of acceptance when one is feeling really awful and perhaps suicidal as well. I've encountered people's disbelief that acceptance could possibly be helpful and in fact people often seem to think it's potentially dangerous. I've never done well addressing that... Continue Reading →

January 27, 2010

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function wpb_rand_posts() { 
 
$args = array(
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'orderby'   => 'rand',
    'posts_per_page' => 5, 
    );
 
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
 
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
 
$string .= '<ul>';
    while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
        $the_query->the_post();
        $string .= '<li><a href="'. get_permalink() .'">'. get_the_title() .'</a></li>';
    }
    $string .= '</ul>';
    /* Restore original Post Data */
    wp_reset_postdata();
} else {
 
$string .= 'no posts found';
}
 
return $string; 
} 
 
add_shortcode('wpb-random-posts','wpb_rand_posts');
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');