{"id":21343,"date":"2026-06-01T01:39:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/?p=21343"},"modified":"2026-06-01T01:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:40:00","slug":"let-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/01\/let-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Let go,"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8505-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8505-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"relinquish the illusion\" class=\"wp-image-21344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8505-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8505-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8505-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8505-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8505-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">relinquish the illusion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8512.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8512-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"of control. Give in\" class=\"wp-image-21345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8512-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8512-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8512-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8512-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8512.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">of control. Give in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8516-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8516-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"to careless contentment\" class=\"wp-image-21348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8516-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8516-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8516-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8516-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8516-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">to careless contentment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8526.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8526-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"in this relentless sea\" class=\"wp-image-21346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8526-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8526-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8526-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8526-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8526.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">in this relentless sea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8544.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8544-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"of daisies. \u2014Ella B. Winters\" class=\"wp-image-21347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8544-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8544-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8544-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8544-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8544.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">of daisies.<br\/><em>\u2014Ella B. Winters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSCF8544.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21343"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21349,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21343\/revisions\/21349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tom-lehr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}