{"id":3082,"date":"2025-09-18T00:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marcoristuccia.com\/blog\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2025-09-18T00:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T22:17:18","slug":"leaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcoristuccia.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/leaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoristuccia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MARCO_RISTUCCIA_NEVIGES_Non-Aligned_600x800.jpg\" alt=\"Neviges, Germany - St. Mary Church, three candles, the middle one not perfectly aligned vertically like the other two.\" class=\"wp-image-3080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoristuccia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MARCO_RISTUCCIA_NEVIGES_Non-Aligned_600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.marcoristuccia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MARCO_RISTUCCIA_NEVIGES_Non-Aligned_600x800-480x640.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Church &#8220;Maria, K\u00f6nigin des Friedens&#8221; (Mary, Queen of Peace) &#8211; Neviges, Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The longer I live in this world, the less I understand it. As the time passes by, I feel less and less aligned with the most widespread opinions around me, just like that candle in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Am I just a broken gear? Or, as I&#8217;ve grown older, have I simply seen the futility behind the curtains?<br>I cannot answer that question. I keep leaning more and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The longer I live in this world, the less I understand it. As the time passes by, I feel less and less aligned with the most widespread opinions around me, just like that candle in the middle. Am I just a broken gear? 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