{"id":541,"date":"2025-07-23T16:43:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nataliamds.org\/equitablepathways\/?p=541"},"modified":"2025-07-23T16:43:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:43:24","slug":"sky-of-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/photographers\/juan-melecio\/sky-of-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky of Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-5 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-5--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-ca2dd60b wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Picturing the future:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">I look to the sky. I look to God. There are always opportunities. Each cloud is a different door. In the past, I could not reach or even look up. Now I\u2019m in the sky, still bouncing around, door to door. Behind each is an opportunity. Eventually I will open the right door. That plane is my ride out of my past and into my future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Juan-FUTURE-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-542\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Juan-FUTURE-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Juan-FUTURE-scaled-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Juan-FUTURE-scaled-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Juan-FUTURE-scaled-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Juan-FUTURE-scaled-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Juan-FUTURE-scaled-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-53 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Banner-Juan-FUTURE.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Banner-Juan-FUTURE.png 800w, https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Banner-Juan-FUTURE-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Banner-Juan-FUTURE-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-contrast-background-color has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-034affbd wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-86036b5e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:50vh\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-94bbf7bc wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"has-literata-font-family has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Call to Action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-left has-ysabeau-office-font-family\" style=\"font-size:4vw;font-style:normal;font-weight:300;line-height:0.9\">Therapy helps \u2013 talking one on one with a therapist \u201ccleans your basement out.\u201d If you hold it in, it\u2019s just going to explode one day. Therapy helps you release the things that you struggle with in life.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-bottom is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picturing the future: I look to the sky. I look to God. There are always opportunities. Each cloud is a different door. In the past, I could not reach or even look up. Now I\u2019m in the sky, still bouncing around, door to door. Behind each is an opportunity. Eventually I will open the right [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-juan-melecio","tag-future"],"mb":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewmarr.org\/equitablepathways\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}