{"id":160,"date":"2012-02-15T14:24:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T22:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2012-02-15T14:24:50","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T22:24:50","slug":"taking-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"Taking Chances"},"content":{"rendered":"I got to thinking about taking chances. When will it be the right time to take a chance? If not now, when? Should we go after everything we want? Or should we stick to the sidelines and play it safe? We\u2019ve all taken chances. And some of these chances have turned out tremendously, others, not so much. And it\u2019s those times when our chances turn out badly that makes us run. We run away from our dreams; we run away from our mistakes. But we shouldn\u2019t. We should always remember that trying is half the battle. Trying something new is brave. Trying something new is fearless. Whether or not that turns out in our favor, we shouldn\u2019t regret it. We took a chance. That\u2019s all we can really do in this life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"