{"id":377,"date":"2023-04-30T22:16:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T05:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/?p=377"},"modified":"2023-04-30T22:16:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T05:16:44","slug":"spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/?p=377","title":{"rendered":"Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/likalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230429_235011469.PORTRAIT-01-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/likalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230429_235011469.PORTRAIT-01-1.jpeg 605w, https:\/\/likalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/PXL_20230429_235011469.PORTRAIT-01-1-227x300.jpeg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do they yearn to grow somewhere new each year? Do they hibernate under the surface dreaming of a new view? Are they disappointed when they emerge? Am I just projecting my unease on them? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They came up in the same place as last year, just like me, not a lot has changed since they went to sleep. Do I want everything to change, no; would I be upset if a lot of it did, no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will anything have changed by next Spring? For the flowers maybe, I can move them somewhere new. For me? Probably not, the unknown is a terrifying monster, especially when you crave stability and comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re unhappy are those really things that matter? Depends when you ask me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes I am willing to implode my life to go find something new, something that might inspire me. Other days I feel I should be incredibly grateful for what I have and never consider throwing it away for something so fluffy as &#8220;happiness&#8221;.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still I wonder if I took my flowers and found them a different view if we&#8217;d both be pleased.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do they yearn to grow somewhere new each year? Do they hibernate under the surface dreaming of a new view? Are they disappointed when they emerge? Am I just projecting my unease on them? They came up in the same place as last year, just like me, not a lot has changed since they went [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51],"tags":[9,11,6],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-contemplation","tag-thoughts","tag-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/likalia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}