{"id":1816,"date":"2026-08-05T15:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2026-08-15T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T20:57:45","slug":"say-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/?p=1816","title":{"rendered":"Say Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">always easy to say<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">although the impulse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is to say maybe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or if.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">an invitation to move<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">although holding on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is to say wait<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or not now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is an affirmation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">although it contains fear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is to say I\u2019m scared<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or I will stay safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is an opening<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">although I may not fit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is to say I\u2019m unworthy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or I\u2019m unprepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is a risk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">though I know not the price<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">is to say my gift may not be enough<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">or I\u2019m unwilling to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so easy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to say<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">so hard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to understand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Say yes! always easy to say although the impulse is to say maybe or if. Say yes! an invitation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7aJeL-ti","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lonniebuerge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}