{"id":3873,"date":"2011-10-31T22:31:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T05:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=3873"},"modified":"2011-12-10T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T01:18:11","slug":"whatever-is-is-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/?p=3873","title":{"rendered":"Whatever Is Is Best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong>Whatever Is Is Best<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Ella Wheeler Wilcox<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I know as my life grows older,<br \/>\nAnd mine eyes have clearer sight, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3876\" title=\"chair\" src=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chair-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chair-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/chair.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThat under each rank of wrong, somewhere<br \/>\nThere lies the root of right;<br \/>\nThat each sorrow has its purpose,<br \/>\nBy the sorrowing oft unguessed,<br \/>\nBut as sure as the sun brings morning,<br \/>\nWhatever is \u2013 is best.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I know that each sinful action,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> As sure as the night brings shade,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Is somewhere, sometime punished,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Though the hour be long delayed.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> I know that the soul is sided<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Sometimes by the heart\u2019s unrest,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> And to grow means often to suffer \u2013<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> But whatever is \u2013 is best.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I know there are\u00a0no errors,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>In the great Eternal plan,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> And all things work together<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> For the final good of man.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> And I know as my soul speeds onward,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> In its grand Eternal quest,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> I shall say as I look back earthward,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Whatever is \u2013 is best.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever Is Is Best Ella Wheeler Wilcox &nbsp; &nbsp; I know as my life grows older, And mine eyes have clearer sight, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 That under each rank of wrong, somewhere There lies the root of right; That each sorrow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[342,344,345,343,341],"class_list":["post-3873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-ella-wheeler-wilcox","tag-eternal-quest","tag-hearts-unrest","tag-sorrow","tag-whatever-is"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3880,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions\/3880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrowin.org\/rffriends\/wpx\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}