{"id":3713,"date":"2023-06-13T16:58:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T11:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=3713"},"modified":"2023-06-13T16:58:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T11:28:45","slug":"hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=3713","title":{"rendered":"Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>You spend your whole life looking for answers because you think the next answer will solve all your problems: make you a little less miserable, because when you run out of questions you don&#8217;t just run out of answers&#8230; you run out of hope.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Don\u2019t lose hope, dear&#8221; said the lady gazing into my face<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Hope is the one thing that will get you through any ordeal. Hang onto hope like a lifeline. It will get you far. Trust me on that&#8221; She said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I see a strength in you that I\u2019m not sure you can see yourself. Let them see that strength along with all the parts of you that you hide from them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My mouth falls open, and I start to object, but she chuckles. \u201cDon\u2019t deny it, my dear. I can see it written all over your face. You hide your true self from those who need to see it most. Show them, and all will be well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t lose hope&#8221; &#8211; I was told&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope was said to be&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only thing &#8211; that could get me through&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(even) any life threatening ordeal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" data-id=\"3716\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-08-at-09.38.51-1024x662.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-08-at-09.38.51-1024x662.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-08-at-09.38.51-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-08-at-09.38.51-768x497.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-06-08-at-09.38.51.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You spend your whole life looking for answers because you think the next answer will solve all your problems: make you a little less miserable, because when you run out of questions you don&#8217;t just run out of answers&#8230; you run out of hope.&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8220;Don\u2019t lose hope, dear&#8221; said the lady gazing into my face [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1058,"featured_media":3718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[192,193],"tags":[74,196,195,194],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1058"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3719,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3713\/revisions\/3719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}