{"id":15,"date":"2026-02-25T07:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2026-05-10T00:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:58:18","slug":"the-weight-of-the-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"The Weight of the Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad009506 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>When life gives you lemons\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You can squeeze them in other people\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Misery loves company.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You can always throw them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Chaos is a great distraction for everyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You can make lemonade.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Use the lemon, add some sugar, and hide the bitterness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">But take the time to learn the lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Harvest the lemon seed, plant it, and keep on going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You don\u2019t have to carry that seed with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Leave the seed to the dirt; it knows what to do.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The weight of all the seeds can overwhelm you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Focus on them and you miss the flowers around you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Someone will need support and that seed will be a lemon tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">It will be there for them to lean on and might provide a little shade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">That\u2019s the thing about lemons, really\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>It was never about the lemons.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When life gives you lemons\u2014 You can squeeze them in other people\u2019s eyes. Misery loves company.&nbsp; You can always throw them. Chaos is a great distraction for everyone.\u00a0 You can make lemonade.\u00a0 Use the lemon, add some sugar, and hide the bitterness. But take the time to learn the lesson. Harvest the lemon seed, plant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/?p=15\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Weight of the Seed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashfalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}