{"id":950,"date":"2014-08-13T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=950"},"modified":"2014-08-13T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T21:58:00","slug":"the-world-is-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=950","title":{"rendered":"The world is a…."},"content":{"rendered":"I got to thinking about the emotion of life. Life is downright emotional. Life is unexpected, complicated, and jarring. When do we get a break from it all? Do we ever get a break? If the Earth sold a baseball cap, I wouldn’t buy it. I’m not a fan. There’s too much disaster and hurt and sorrow to love the world. But I am a fan of the little things in life. There’s vacations, Starbucks, making your dreams come true, whatever it is that makes your heart flutter. I\u00a0am\u00a0<\/em>a fan of that. And you should be, too. While we don’t have to love the world, we must love ourselves. We must love the little things. The world is a dangerous place. But also a place to become whomever we’ve wanted to become. So don’t buy the baseball cap. Make your own baseball cap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"