{"id":6933,"date":"2021-03-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caitlincady.com\/maybe-failure-is-good-fortune-in-disguise\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T12:13:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T04:13:28","slug":"maybe-failure-is-good-fortune-in-disguise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlincady.com\/maybe-failure-is-good-fortune-in-disguise\/","title":{"rendered":"Maybe failure is good fortune in disguise."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What if &#8220;failure&#8221; isn&#8217;t a failure, but rather a gift. What if failure is your teacher, instructing you on what is not for you, what not to do, who not to be, who not to be with.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>What if failure is opportunity. 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