{"id":10200,"date":"2015-06-12T05:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=10200"},"modified":"2015-06-11T22:49:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T05:49:11","slug":"learning-to-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10200","title":{"rendered":"Learning how to smile"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t handle how the hell it happens every day
\nWhen you smile and touch my face
\nYou make it all just go away
\nYes I know there ain’t no finish line, 
\nI know this never ends
\nBut I’m just learning how to fall, 
\nclimb back up again
\n–Everclear\/Learning How To Smile<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s all there is to it.
\nFall. Get back up again.
\nRepeat as needed.
\nIt’s simple.
\nI hear you laughing.
\nSimple and easy are synonyms,
\nBut they don’t always mean the same thing.
\nWait, but isn’t that what a synonym is?
\nYes, but not all synonyms are.
\nSynonyms.
\nSometimes they are more like related words.<\/p>\n

Still…
\nFall. Get back up again.
\nSmile.
\nSimple.
\nI’ve been practicing.
\nIt can be done,
\nbut you should see the bruises!
\nWhen you fall and get back up again
\nas often as I do,
\nYou need to leave your dignity behind,
\nand laugh at yourself a lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t handle how the hell it happens every day When you smile and touch my face You make it all just go away Yes I know there ain’t no finish line,  I know this never ends But I’m just learning how to fall,  climb back up again –Everclear\/Learning How To Smile That’s all there … Continue reading Learning how to smile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-thoughts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2Ew","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=51","url_meta":{"origin":10200,"position":0},"title":"Who wants to learn anything anyway?","author":"Michelle","date":"September 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Yes I know there ain't no finish line, I know this never ends But I'm just learning how to fall, climb back up again I know there is nothing perfect, I know there is nothing new --Everclear\/Learning How To Smile \u00a0 Once upon a time, there was a girl.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Words"","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11721,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=11721","url_meta":{"origin":10200,"position":1},"title":"An Autumn tale","author":"Michelle","date":"November 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"It was a lovely Fall afternoon, and what better time for a walk? 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