{"id":152,"date":"2009-08-06T08:24:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T08:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/08\/good-advice-is-there-any-such-thing.html"},"modified":"2009-08-06T08:24:57","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T08:24:57","slug":"good-advice-is-there-any-such-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/08\/good-advice-is-there-any-such-thing.html","title":{"rendered":"Good Advice: Is There Any Such Thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Amazed that it has been 10 years since this video, based upon an essay written by Chicago Tribune writer <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wear_Sunscreen\">Mary Schmich<\/a>, first came out. 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