{"id":2369,"date":"2010-06-05T18:21:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T22:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/hope-springs-eternal.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:42:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:42:39","slug":"hope-springs-eternal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2369","title":{"rendered":"Hope springs eternal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TAqV-urNmMI\/AAAAAAAACjc\/yaujN9jD1XQ\/s1600\/photo-770368.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1298364852  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TAqV-urNmMI\/AAAAAAAACjc\/yaujN9jD1XQ\/s320\/photo-770368.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479356801563334850\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People buy this: literally and figuratively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People buy this: literally and figuratively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-Cd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15531,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=15531","url_meta":{"origin":2369,"position":0},"title":"As we wrap up July","author":"Will Clower","date":"July 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This is just a reminder that, as the sun sets on the month of July, we've still got another month of the blazing sunshine, and the occasional impulse to turn your desk fan into a personal wind tunnel. 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