{"id":18803,"date":"2013-08-14T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=18803"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:00:54","slug":"real-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2013\/08\/14\/real-depth\/","title":{"rendered":"Wise Words on Wednesday: Real Depth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Diamond.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Diamond.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Diamond.jpg 543w, https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Diamond-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You are as much a real person as you are deep. As with the depths of a diamond, the interior is twice as important as the surface. There are people who are all facade, like a house left unfinished when the funds run out. They have the entrance of a palace but the inner rooms of a cottage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; The Art of Wordly Wisdom, Balthasar Gracian, 17th Century<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are as much a real person as you are deep. As with the depths of a diamond, the interior is twice as important as the surface. There are people who are all facade, like a house left unfinished when the funds run out. 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