 {"id":1903,"date":"2021-07-13T21:47:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultrazaps.com\/terryblogg\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2021-07-13T21:47:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:47:51","slug":"harold_s-planet-snakes-and-ladders_","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/2021\/07\/13\/harold_s-planet-snakes-and-ladders_\/","title":{"rendered":"Harold_s Planet snakes and ladders_"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>aaheliG, aartiK, aaryaT, abi, aditiK, agnesJ, ajay.gang, akanshaK, akshraP, alan.fly, alishaD, amritaSahas, anishaA.twins, andreaN, andreaZ, aneriT, angana, angelinaL, ankita.gang, ankitaT, annukampaH, antaraT, anthonyD, anupaK, anupamaA, anupreetD, anushkaD, anushkaK, aparajitaG, aparnaA, archanaB, arshiaK, arunK,<\/p>\n<p>bernadetteF, bernadineR, bhaniC, biancaD, Bini, boscoR, branca,<\/p>\n<p>Candice, carinaA, carissaD, carl, celinaF, chandaniJ, charisma, chelseaR, CherylJ, christieD, chryslynnDC, cynaraP,<\/p>\n<p>danikaR, deepaSom, deepikaS, denverC, devenC, dipayanD, divinaP, divyaD, divyaN,<\/p>\n<p>evarist, farinaz, fayann,<\/p>\n<p>gauriK, gautamiP, georgeJ, Gordon, greta,<\/p>\n<p>habibaI, hebaJ, himaP, insiaL,<\/p>\n<p>janhaveeP, jankiM, janviG, jenniferG, jenniferT, joanitaB, joaquimT, joey, johncieR, joseLuis, joynelF, juliaJ, jyotsnaM,<\/p>\n<p>kalindiR, kalpitaJ, kanni, karinaBh, khanjanaM, kimberleyL, kimberlyR, kimM, kinjalP, komal,<\/p>\n<p>lexley, lionelF,<\/p>\n<p>madhuwantiG, mahzarine, manasviB, manavikaP, maneeshaP, marannaM, marietteV, marisaD, mayaD, meherM, menakaD, menakaP, merinM, michaelC, mitaleeS, mrudutaC,<\/p>\n<p>namitaF, nanditaM, nanditaP, natashaE, natashaS, nayanaK, neolaD, nicoleD, nikitaA,nimishaB, nirali, noelS, oleen,<\/p>\n<p>pearlDM, pearlDS, pervinS, petalG, poojaG, poonamB, preethiP, prekshaB, priyaB, priyankaR, priyankaS, priyankaSS, puja.gang,<\/p>\n<p>rakheeP, rashnaI, rasikaV, reubenJacob,rituD, rishitaC, romaN, roshanBou,<\/p>\n<p>sakinaC, salim, saloniBh, saloniD, samataA, samiJ, samruddhiP, saniyaC, sanjanaM, sanketK, sarangaK, sarikaR, sayliA, shalmaliG, shanisseD, shernaK, shetalL, shirleyM, shonaD, shradaB, shraddhaN, shreyaB, shriyaP, shrutiB, shrutiG, shrutiS, shrutiW, siddheshwariD, sidhdhiS, smritiA, snehaK, sohiniM, sophiaJ, stanF, stutiS, sumitraB, supriyaK, suraginiR, surekhaS,<\/p>\n<p>tanyaM, tarang, tejashreeC, tomK,<\/p>\n<p>uddipanaK, ujjaini, upneetB, utshaM,<\/p>\n<p>valerieR, valettaF, vijayG, vrushaliG, vrushaliK,<\/p>\n<p>wendy, xenia, Yvette,<\/p>\n<p>zebaQ, zeniaA,<\/p>\n<p>My dear<\/p>\n<p>The new year has started and you are no longer breezing in here like you used to these last few years. Yes, I miss you.<\/p>\n<p>The rains have come back very enthusiatically. I really love it when it pours.<\/p>\n<p>I always remember old friends when it rains.<\/p>\n<p>It is so good to connect with you again.<\/p>\n<p>Thought you might like this\u2026 the latest from the inimitable terry-collection.<\/p>\n<p>We generally look forward to the good things in life : the successes, the opportunities, the encouragements, the appreciation and praises for things we have done well.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately or unfortunately life is real and the other not-so-good things in life also bump into us rather unpleasantly every now and then: the failures, the rejections, the criticisms, the seeming unfairness and the disappointments because things are not going the way we might want them to.<\/p>\n<p>That old game we used to play as children suddenly becomes real and distressing.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-1904\" src=\"https:\/\/ultrazaps.com\/terryblogg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cartoon-1.gif\" alt=\"Cartoon\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How we love and celebrate the ladders!<\/p>\n<p>How we distress and fret over the snakes!<\/p>\n<p>As you grow older, you learn to adjust to both and the journey of life carries on the better for the experiences which enrich your growth.<\/p>\n<p>May you enjoy and celebrate the ladders.<\/p>\n<p>And may you deal sensibly and maturely with the snakes.<\/p>\n<p>Your revenge on the snakes is to get up and move on ahead towards the next ladder.<\/p>\n<p>Your journey of life will continue blessed!<\/p>\n<p>It is also possible that we ourselves might be snakes or ladders to people who come into our lives. My prayer for you is that you always be a ladder to everyone you meet.<\/p>\n<p>Take care and journey on. You have my blessings for all that will happen to you!<\/p>\n<p>Love, Terry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>aaheliG, aartiK, aaryaT, abi, aditiK, agnesJ, ajay.gang, akanshaK, akshraP, alan.fly, alishaD, amritaSahas, anishaA.twins, andreaN, andreaZ, aneriT, angana, angelinaL, ankita.gang, ankitaT, annukampaH, antaraT, anthonyD, anupaK, anupamaA, anupreetD, anushkaD, anushkaK, aparajitaG, aparnaA, archanaB, arshiaK, arunK, bernadetteF, bernadineR, bhaniC, biancaD, Bini, boscoR, branca, Candice, carinaA, carissaD, carl, celinaF, chandaniJ, charisma, chelseaR, CherylJ, christieD, chryslynnDC, cynaraP, danikaR, deepaSom, deepikaS, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/2021\/07\/13\/harold_s-planet-snakes-and-ladders_\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Harold_s Planet snakes and ladders_&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terry-times.com\/book\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}