{"id":385,"date":"2012-07-03T17:30:18","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T00:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=385"},"modified":"2012-07-03T17:30:18","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T00:30:18","slug":"it-isnt-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=385","title":{"rendered":"It isn’t easy"},"content":{"rendered":"I got to thinking about things coming easy. In our lives we will try many things ranging from riding a bike to driving a car to passing a stressful exam like the MCAT. And sometimes these things are easy. We hear the success stories about those people who reach their destination right away. But what we don\u2019t hear: those stories that aren\u2019t quite a success. And they\u2019re out there. We don\u2019t like to talk about these stories because they\u2019re flawed, different, and confusing. But we should. Things aren\u2019t always easy the first time. Or the second. Or the third. But what I\u2019ve come to discover after many miss-falls and attempts that we mustn\u2019t give up. Things can\u2019t always be easy. And that\u2019s hard to understand, yes, but it also makes those trials and tribulations that much more rewarding when we finally get it right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"