{"id":4718,"date":"2020-07-01T10:50:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T09:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=4718"},"modified":"2020-06-30T20:54:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T19:54:26","slug":"life-is-like-a-carpet-weaved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/life-is-like-a-carpet-weaved\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Is Like A Carpet Weaved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m2TycEcPpDI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Life, in all its complexeties is like a carpet weaved, except its pattern is not as predictable&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life, in all its complexeties is like a carpet weaved, except its pattern is not as predictable&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[65,881,4304],"class_list":["post-4718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-life-2","tag-philosophy-2","tag-thinking","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-1e6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1234,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-snowflake\/","url_meta":{"origin":4718,"position":0},"title":"The Snowflake","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"15th June 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In a snowstorm, myself I once found With the fields and the trees all white around Dressed in black on this carpet of white I slowly walked in the moons pale light. 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