{"id":55692,"date":"2019-06-23T02:08:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T06:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=55692"},"modified":"2019-06-23T14:11:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T18:11:34","slug":"dear-future-starla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/dear-future-starla\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Future Starla,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Future Starla,<br \/>\ndon\u2019t forget.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget the priceless advice<br \/>\ngiven to you by venerated mentors,<br \/>\nor the joy that brought you to tears when<br \/>\nyou earned their approval.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget endless laughter<br \/>\nbrought on by countless movie nights<br \/>\nstretched into the wee hours of the morning<br \/>\nwith the friends who know you best.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget the fear you felt<br \/>\nthe day you decided to plant both feet<br \/>\nand start running toward your dreams<br \/>\nat full speed, finally allowing yourself<br \/>\nto take that chance.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget the adrenaline rush<br \/>\nthe first time you rode your bike over<br \/>\nexpressway bridge, and realized that hill<br \/>\ncould not stop you, much less any other obstacle.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget the emotions that have<br \/>\nallowed you to be fragile, exactly<br \/>\nwhen you most needed that vulnerability.<br \/>\nThat emotional person is the truest<br \/>\nform of you. And you are at your best<br \/>\nwhen she takes the reins.<\/p>\n<p>When you are emotional, something amazing<br \/>\nwill surely be the result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Future Starla, don\u2019t forget. Don\u2019t forget the priceless advice given to you by venerated mentors, or the joy that brought you to tears when you earned their approval. Don\u2019t forget endless laughter brought on by countless movie nights stretched into the wee hours of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1218,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55692"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58176,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55692\/revisions\/58176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}