{"id":146,"date":"2026-04-13T00:19:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:19:23","slug":"only-one-can-stay-who-do-you-throw-overboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Only One Can Stay\u2026 Who Do You Throw Overboard?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Imagine this: you\u2019re in the middle of a small boat, far out at sea. The water is calm, but there\u2019s a serious problem \u2014 the boat can\u2019t hold everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several people with you, each different, each with their own story. But no matter how you look at it, one difficult decision must be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are the one in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are the one who must decide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s no time to think too long. No perfect answer. No way to avoid it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone has to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you choose based on age?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you choose based on strength?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you choose based on emotions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or would you refuse to choose at all?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This simple situation turns into a powerful question about values, instincts, and humanity. Everyone sees it differently \u2014 and that\u2019s what makes it so interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Imagine this: you\u2019re in the middle of a small boat, far out at sea. The water is calm, but there\u2019s a serious problem \u2014 the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/?p=146\" title=\"Only One Can Stay\u2026 Who Do You Throw Overboard?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paxtonhegmann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}