{"id":50,"date":"2022-01-05T15:42:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2022-01-05T15:42:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:42:45","slug":"the-intention-to-choose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/?p=50","title":{"rendered":"The intention to choose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/714D6CD9-2565-4661-BBD3-2B4936BABC85-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/714D6CD9-2565-4661-BBD3-2B4936BABC85-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/714D6CD9-2565-4661-BBD3-2B4936BABC85-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/714D6CD9-2565-4661-BBD3-2B4936BABC85-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/714D6CD9-2565-4661-BBD3-2B4936BABC85-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/714D6CD9-2565-4661-BBD3-2B4936BABC85-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/714D6CD9-2565-4661-BBD3-2B4936BABC85-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe chief beauty about time<br>is that you cannot waste it in advance.<br>The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,<br>as perfect, as unspoiled,<br>as if you had never wasted or misapplied<br>a single moment in all your life.<br>You can turn over a new leaf every hour<br>if you choose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u2015\u00a0Arnold Bennett<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This turning of a new leaf makes itself apparent in every sunrise, everything that is untouched like a shore where waves just rolled over or a covering of snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine you can walk there, into the sunrise, making footprints in the sand or in the snow. Imagine you walk into the light, into a new beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can choose such a moment every minute, and we can let go of regrets because nothing is wasted, nothing is imperfect. There is perfection in every moment no matter of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s only intention to choose anew, to walk where no one has walked before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2B4DE1DC-DAEC-4320-A749-A3963EA03158-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2B4DE1DC-DAEC-4320-A749-A3963EA03158-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2B4DE1DC-DAEC-4320-A749-A3963EA03158-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2B4DE1DC-DAEC-4320-A749-A3963EA03158-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2B4DE1DC-DAEC-4320-A749-A3963EA03158-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2B4DE1DC-DAEC-4320-A749-A3963EA03158-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2B4DE1DC-DAEC-4320-A749-A3963EA03158-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe chief beauty about timeis that you cannot waste it in advance.The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,as perfect, as unspoiled,as if you had never wasted or misapplieda single moment in all your life.You can turn over a new leaf every hourif you choose.\u201d\u00a0 \u2015\u00a0Arnold Bennett This turning of a new leaf makes itself apparent in every sunrise, everything that is untouched like a shore where waves just rolled over or a covering of snow. Imagine you can walk there, into the sunrise, making footprints in the sand or in the snow. Imagine you walk into the light, into a new beginning. We can choose such a moment every minute, and we can let go of regrets because nothing is wasted, nothing is imperfect. There is perfection in every moment no matter of the past. There&#8217;s only intention to choose anew, to walk where no one has walked before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}