{"id":10210,"date":"2015-06-15T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=10210"},"modified":"2015-06-14T21:41:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T04:41:31","slug":"a-waft-of-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10210","title":{"rendered":"Balance, schmalance"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you feel a waft of gratitude, that’s me.
\nMe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As I messaged someone to let him know that all was right with my world, it occurred to me that it really is. <\/p>\n

Are there things that aren’t perfect? Sure. Nothing is. <\/p>\n

Are there very many bad things about my life? No. 
\nIf you put the good and bad in my life on a scale, it would tip right over to the good side and probably fall off the table and break. Usually I try for balance, but good vs bad? Keep it as it is! 
\nSome things don’t need to be in balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you feel a waft of gratitude, that’s me. Me As I messaged someone to let him know that all was right with my world, it occurred to me that it really is.  Are there things that aren’t perfect? Sure. Nothing is.  Are there very many bad things about my life? No.  If you put … Continue reading Balance, schmalance<\/span><\/a><\/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":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-thoughts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2EG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11505,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=11505","url_meta":{"origin":10210,"position":0},"title":"An imaginary conversation about premature excitement","author":"Michelle","date":"April 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"So I met someone I really had fun talking to the other day. 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