{"id":11025,"date":"2018-02-25T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T18:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=11025"},"modified":"2018-02-25T09:55:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T17:55:57","slug":"last-soldier-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=11025","title":{"rendered":"Last leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somehow I don’t believe that those last leaves clinging to the trees are there by coincidence.<\/p>\n

It must be something.<\/p>\n

Stubbornness.<\/p>\n

Strength.<\/p>\n

Or maybe it’s the other way around?<\/p>\n

Maybe they aren’t strong enough to face their destiny and cling out of desperation. Too weak to let go.<\/p>\n

Hanging on or letting go?<\/p>\n

Which requires more out of you?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Somehow I don’t believe that those last leaves clinging to the trees are there by coincidence. It must be something. Stubbornness. Strength. Or maybe it’s the other way around? Maybe they aren’t strong enough to face their destiny and cling out of desperation. Too weak to let go. Hanging on or letting go? 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