{"id":2542,"date":"2010-05-21T11:57:14","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T16:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.wordpress.com\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2010-05-21T11:57:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T16:57:14","slug":"whats-the-good-of-pleading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/whats-the-good-of-pleading\/","title":{"rendered":"What's the Good of Pleading?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you think pleading just another way of going too far?<\/em><\/p>\n

I was never a fan of the plea, “Pretty please” with or without cherries on top. Asking for something: Should this ever be paired with an ice cream sundae type of association? I don’t think so. Food and petitions should stay in separate categories, just like tea and coffee. Or drug addicts and congressmen.<\/p>\n


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ain't too proud to beg?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Does pleading scream, “I’m really needy and pathetic!”<\/p>\n

Probably sometimes.<\/p>\n

However, maybe *direct asking*\u2013if it’s not too annoying\u2013can put something in front of the right person, at just the right time. Something they don’t even know they want just yet, and then blamo, a need is filled. The world is a slightly better place. I said -slightly-.<\/p>\n

Maybe pleading, when done properly, is just posturing, timing, and passion meeting in a perfect storm<\/span> intersection of opportunity.<\/p>\n

Well, whatever you call it, I’m going to give it a try:<\/span><\/p>\n

(So brace yourself)<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you haven’t subscribed to this blog, please do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s quick, convenient, and reversible (if need be).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

(I will not spam your inbox…it’s not how I roll).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Being a subscriber means that my blog posts will get sent straight to you with no fuss or bother.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

You needn’t even make here to see what’s cookin’.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll never get behind, but at the same time, you’ll be in control.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Conveniently, there are links in the direct email that can get you here in a jiffy, if you’d like to contribute.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s good times.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(To get plugged in, click the button on the right that says, “Wow. So simple. so easy. yes!”)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’m not sure if that’s begging, pleading, asking nicely, or none of the above, but it’s really the most direct<\/em> approach I’ve ever tried. I hope you’ll subscribe.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And -Thanks for reading this blog, in any form. It means a lot to me that you came by.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-Lisa<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A plea to readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[139,265,287,295,370,437,441,442,1102,2588,2694,2779,3283,3767,3768],"class_list":["post-2542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","tag-added-readers","tag-asking","tag-audience","tag-authorship","tag-begging","tag-blog-subscriptions","tag-blogs","tag-blogs-to-email","tag-email","tag-pleading","tag-pretty-please","tag-readers","tag-subscription","tag-writers","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}