{"id":862,"date":"2017-03-27T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T10:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=862"},"modified":"2017-02-12T17:02:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T23:02:12","slug":"keeping-it-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/03\/keeping-it-together.html","title":{"rendered":"Keeping it together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2017\/01\/IMG_0093.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-822\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2017\/01\/IMG_0093-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0093\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>What does it take for you to keep things together?<\/p>\n<p>Do you find it easier to do so by yourself or ndo you rely on others to help you?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we need both options. 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