{"id":73,"date":"2022-01-10T17:12:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T17:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/?p=73"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:12:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T17:12:32","slug":"the-moon-in-the-branches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/?p=73","title":{"rendered":"The moon in the branches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5518-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5518-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5518-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5518-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5518-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5518-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5518-1140x855.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It\u2019s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it\u2019s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tahereh Mafi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/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\/IMG_5519-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5519-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5519-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5519-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5519-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5519-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5519-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The branches reach into the sky, they seem to reach for the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seasons are changing, the trees will grow new leaves only to lose them in the next moment, like the moon changes its face through the nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The branches grow further and further anyway, they never reach the moon but always the blue sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday is never the same as today, the moon keeps shining and the branches reach for the impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"774\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5517-774x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5517-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5517-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5517-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5517-1162x1536.jpg 1162w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5517-1549x2048.jpg 1549w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5517-1140x1507.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5517-scaled.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 774px) 100vw, 774px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe moon is a loyal companion. It never leaves. It\u2019s always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. Every day it\u2019s a different version of itself. Sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. The moon understands what it means to be human. Uncertain. Alone. Cratered by imperfections.\u201d Tahereh Mafi The branches reach into the sky, they seem to reach for the moon. The seasons are changing, the trees will grow new leaves only to lose them in the next moment, like the moon changes its face through the nights. The branches grow further and further anyway, they never reach the moon but always the blue sky. Yesterday is never the same as today, the moon keeps shining and the branches reach for the impossible.<\/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-73","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73","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=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freesouloftheocean.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}