{"id":16017,"date":"2021-10-02T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T16:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=16017"},"modified":"2021-09-08T11:55:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T18:55:27","slug":"difficult-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=16017","title":{"rendered":"Difficult Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D7556DAD-D1ED-4FA4-9358-CA65CA79D2A9_1_105_c.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16018\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=16018\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D7556DAD-D1ED-4FA4-9358-CA65CA79D2A9_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=1104%2C712&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1104,712\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1629835678&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0045454545454545&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"D7556DAD-D1ED-4FA4-9358-CA65CA79D2A9_1_105_c\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D7556DAD-D1ED-4FA4-9358-CA65CA79D2A9_1_105_c.jpeg?fit=700%2C451&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D7556DAD-D1ED-4FA4-9358-CA65CA79D2A9_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=658%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16018\" width=\"658\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D7556DAD-D1ED-4FA4-9358-CA65CA79D2A9_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=1024%2C660&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D7556DAD-D1ED-4FA4-9358-CA65CA79D2A9_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D7556DAD-D1ED-4FA4-9358-CA65CA79D2A9_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=768%2C495&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/D7556DAD-D1ED-4FA4-9358-CA65CA79D2A9_1_105_c.jpeg?w=1104&amp;ssl=1 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blaise_Pascal\">Blaise Pascal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My friend Gary David, of blessed memory, and I used to attribute all unknown quotes to Blaise Pascal. This one is confirmed by Wikipedia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was cold and windy and the stairs to the beach were under repair (see the green safety fence) but the sunset was magnificent. 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