{"id":3377,"date":"2026-02-19T07:27:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2026-02-19T07:27:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:27:43","slug":"sometimes-courage-just-needs-the-right-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/?p=3377","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes courage just needs\u2026 the right motivation."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3378 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/V20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"596\" data-end=\"631\">\u201c\u2026that helped with dental anxiety!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"633\" data-end=\"677\">The dentist smiled calmly. \u201cOh, it doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"679\" data-end=\"735\">The patient blinked. \u201cThen why are you giving it to me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"844\">The dentist adjusted his gloves. \u201cBecause it\u2019ll give you something to hold onto while I give you the shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"864\">The patient froze.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"866\" data-end=\"890\">\u201cYou\u2019re kidding\u2026 right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"971\">The dentist tapped the tray where the needle was already prepared. \u201cOpen wide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"973\" data-end=\"1059\">The patient looked at the pill in his hand, then at the needle, then back at the pill.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1104\">\u201c\u2026I suddenly feel very brave,\u201d he muttered.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1106\" data-end=\"1147\">The dentist grinned. \u201cThat\u2019s the spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c\u2026that helped with dental anxiety!\u201d The dentist smiled calmly. \u201cOh, it doesn\u2019t.\u201d The patient blinked. \u201cThen why are you giving it to me?\u201d The dentist adjusted his gloves. \u201cBecause it\u2019ll &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3379,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions\/3379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}