{"id":3951,"date":"2012-07-14T20:45:20","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T00:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=3951"},"modified":"2012-07-14T20:45:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T00:45:20","slug":"around-the-next-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2012\/07\/14\/around-the-next-bend\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the Next Bend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I was out for a walk at a place where I’ve gone for walks dozens of times in the past. But this time, I noticed a trail off to my right that I’d never seen before… and so, with no real destination in mind, and some free time on my hands, I turned off the main path and down this new one, just to see what was there.<\/p>\n

Turns out, there is a whole other system of trails, and some beautiful big fields (where you can find wild bunnies frolicking<\/a>, no less!) which I never knew about. I can’t even begin to tell you how happy (and surprised) I was to find this, just a little ways away from where I’d been so many times before.<\/p>\n

Is this an analogy for life? You bet.<\/p>\n

The thing is, you really do never know what is coming around the next bend, and life being as unpredictable as it is, you never know when you’re going to see that turn coming that leads you to someplace really special.<\/p>\n

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Having personally been in some dark places over the years, I can tell you, it’s hard to believe that these turns or special places even exist – but they do, and eventually, one way or another, you always seem to find them when you least expect it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Recently, I was out for a walk at a place where I’ve gone for walks dozens of times in the past. But this time, I noticed a trail off to my right that I’d never seen before… and so, with no real destination in mind, and some free time on my hands, I turned off… Continue reading Around the Next Bend<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[167,314],"class_list":["post-3951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","category-pictures","tag-life","tag-philosophy","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-11J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1076,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/04\/11\/behind-the-wheel-2007-suzuki-forenza\/","url_meta":{"origin":3951,"position":0},"title":"Behind the Wheel: 2007 Suzuki Forenza","author":"Keith Survell","date":"April 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Before I even begin, let me just say I'm not really a car person anymore. 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