{"id":278,"date":"2009-05-10T16:24:02","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T16:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/?p=278"},"modified":"2009-05-10T16:24:02","modified_gmt":"2009-05-10T16:24:02","slug":"the-two-balloonsentry-for-july-7-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"The Two Balloons&#8230;..Entry for July 7, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/balloons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/balloons.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"balloons\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-279\" \/><\/a><strong><br \/>\nA Green balloon and a Blue balloon<\/strong> were set free to float around sky and earth. They separated, but a year later the winds brought them together again. Instantly the Blue balloon began a long story of oppression and misfortune. &#8220;I resent getting bumped by EVERYTHING,&#8221; the long complaint ended.<\/p>\n<p>The Green balloon nodded in understanding. &#8220;At first I suffered from the same bumps. Then I learned a FANTASTIC secret which may seem strange to you. I learned to not enjoy my resentment. Now, I still run into all sorts of objects but I don&#8217;t feel a thing. You see, I learned that my resentment was the bump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Green balloon and a Blue balloon were set free to float around sky and earth. They separated, but a year later the winds brought them together again. Instantly the Blue balloon began a long story of oppression and misfortune. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/?p=278\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[16,95,96],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tall-tales","category-uncategorized","tag-add-new-tag","tag-balloons","tag-float"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themightyten.com\/blog19\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}