{"id":391,"date":"2013-11-21T13:06:48","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T13:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/?p=391"},"modified":"2013-12-26T20:13:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T20:13:51","slug":"you-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/?p=391","title":{"rendered":"You Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>After a While\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-395 alignnone\" alt=\"You_Learn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/You_Learn.jpg\" width=\"162\" height=\"145\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You learn the subtle difference<br \/>\nBetween holding a hand and chaining a soul,<br \/>\nYou learn that love doesn\u2019t mean leaning<br \/>\nAnd company doesn\u2019t mean security.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And you begin to learn that kisses aren\u2019t contracts<br \/>\nAnd presents aren\u2019t promises.<br \/>\nAnd you begin to accept your defeats<br \/>\nWith your head up and your eyes open<br \/>\nWith the grace of a woman not the grief of a child.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And you learn to build all your roads on today<br \/>\nBecause tomorrow\u2019s grounds is too uncertain for plans<br \/>\nAnd futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After a while you learn<br \/>\nThat even sunshine burns if you get too much.<br \/>\nSo you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,<br \/>\nInstead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And you learn that you really can endure\u2026<br \/>\nThat you really are strong\u2026<br \/>\nAnd you really do have worth.<br \/>\nWith every day and every good-bye and every hello<br \/>\nYou learn\u2026and learn\u2026and learn<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Veronica Shoffstall)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a While\u2026 &nbsp; &nbsp; You learn the subtle difference Between holding a hand and chaining a soul, You learn that love doesn\u2019t mean leaning And company doesn\u2019t mean security. &nbsp; And you begin to learn that kisses aren\u2019t contracts And presents aren\u2019t promises. And you begin to accept your defeats With your head up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-living","category-life-lessons","category-psychology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.joycejuster.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}