{"id":899,"date":"2015-05-12T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T17:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/povojournal\/?p=899"},"modified":"2015-05-12T18:57:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T17:57:00","slug":"make-your-heartbeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your heartbeat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I want to make your heart beat, I want to make your heart BEAT, Your creative heart.<br>Take a deep breath\u2026 and remember the moment you had a great idea that made you scared and excited at the same time.<br>The moment you pursued it and it turned out just as great.<br>How about, the moment you didn\u2019t and another did it.<br>The moment of regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did you stop there? Just shrugged your shoulders and turned away. Head low, walking on the road of \u2018what could have been\u2019. The \u2018what if\u2019 sign post at each corner. Your picture at this time is a grey gloomy picture. No smiles. No warm colours. Just the blues and hues of tormented self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps it was not as such, perhaps all you did was just turn away and switched of the above film. Clear days. Clear<br>thought. Amnesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hahaha oh my, did that truly satisfy you. I would think it a rouse to hide what you truly feel. The urge to not turn back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;A high tempo, slow motion, beaten up to stand up film. Beat. Your body slightly shivers. Beat. Beat. You are scared, \u2018Why am I standing?\u2019 \u2018There is no way I can come up with something similar or greater\u2019. Beat.Beat.Beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A smile, not a smug, a crazy smile. Suddenly you cannot stop laughing. Beating, beating, beating fast. You are short of breath, your shivers elaborate. Something is different. It\u2019s easy to turn, here is a clich\u00e9 moment, in the direction of current but it\u2019s exciting to not do it. To be constantly hit by the current of normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay okay, enough hitting, squat down looking up, below the current. I know you are thinking, ummm wasn\u2019t the point to stand up strong and show you can take on any challenge. Well, it isn\u2019t. I mean you can only take a certain beating from life, fall down then get encouragement to stand back up to be beaten up again , it may be thrilling and tiresome . What is the point? Just now,&nbsp; you went down looking up on your own will, your heart, your normal heart beating from the adrenaline. Shhh now look up. You see them don\u2019t you, the ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beat. Normal has a flaw, you have been settling for less. Beat. Beat. Now, let your mind wonder in possibility, actually, after the beating you just had, your mind will go on automatic. Note, I said wonder not think. Beat. Beat. Beat. You are slowly awakening your other heart. Your smile is slowly disappearing, your eyes squinting, and your mind in a fast pace\u2026beating, beating, beating fast. Suddenly you are dumbstruck, wide eyed. You have figured something out from looking at the normal current, something simple, or complicated, that could change the course of the river named normalcy. You stand up, pacing, your mind rearranging your surrounding and train of understanding, too engrossed in it to realise the current no longer hit you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sudden halt. Two hearts at once, as you scream and jitter like a child who just got a present. A new idea.<br>Will you follow it this time? Or will you turn your back?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Changing a river\u2019s course is not an easy task, obstacles left, right and centre. If you want to keep going, constantly squat back and view it again. Keep your heart up and surround yourself with those who get it. When it becomes a reality, let\u2019s say your film soundtrack will be that of a creative genius. After all, what is creativity other than showing the another how to view differently?<br>Take a deep breath. Calm down. Now it\u2019s up to you to make your heart beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afrika is in need of a different view, and you who understand her, who know her normalcy first hand will creatively take her to a new direction suited for her unique treasure.<br>Oh, one other thing . There are no limitations of what you can do. Only you limit yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want to make your heart beat, I want to make your heart BEAT, Your creative heart.Take a deep breath\u2026 and remember the moment you had a great idea that made you scared and excited at the same time.The moment you pursued it and it turned out just as great.How about, the moment you didn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Make your heartbeat - The POVO Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Make your heartbeat - The POVO Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I want to make your heart beat, I want to make your heart BEAT, Your creative heart.Take a deep breath\u2026 and remember the moment you had a great idea that made you scared and excited at the same time.The moment you pursued it and it turned out just as great.How about, the moment you didn\u2019t [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The POVO Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-05-12T17:57:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Wincate Muthini\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/\",\"name\":\"The POVO Journal\",\"description\":\"And The People Spoke\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/\",\"name\":\"Make your heartbeat - The POVO Journal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-05-12T17:57:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-05-12T17:57:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/bedd246eaa46f65b7fc549e6398f3f29\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Make your heartbeat\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/bedd246eaa46f65b7fc549e6398f3f29\",\"name\":\"Wincate Muthini\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BIO_WincateMuthini-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BIO_WincateMuthini-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Wincate Muthini\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/author\/wincate-mathei-muthini\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Make your heartbeat - The POVO Journal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Make your heartbeat - The POVO Journal","og_description":"I want to make your heart beat, I want to make your heart BEAT, Your creative heart.Take a deep breath\u2026 and remember the moment you had a great idea that made you scared and excited at the same time.The moment you pursued it and it turned out just as great.How about, the moment you didn\u2019t [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/","og_site_name":"The POVO Journal","article_published_time":"2015-05-12T17:57:00+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Wincate Muthini","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/","name":"The POVO Journal","description":"And The People Spoke","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/","name":"Make your heartbeat - The POVO Journal","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-05-12T17:57:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-05-12T17:57:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/bedd246eaa46f65b7fc549e6398f3f29"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/make-your-heartbeat\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Make your heartbeat"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/bedd246eaa46f65b7fc549e6398f3f29","name":"Wincate Muthini","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BIO_WincateMuthini-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BIO_WincateMuthini-150x150.jpg","caption":"Wincate Muthini"},"url":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/author\/wincate-mathei-muthini\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/povo.africa\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}