{"id":8107,"date":"2025-03-12T06:34:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/?p=8107"},"modified":"2025-03-12T06:34:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:34:52","slug":"you-told-me-once-i-would-fail-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2025\/03\/12\/you-told-me-once-i-would-fail-but\/","title":{"rendered":"You Told Me Once I Would Fail, But&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<strong><em>I&#8217;ve Got Something They Don&#8217;t Have<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Superstitious? Me? Are you kidding? Of course, I am. But I didn&#8217;t use to be until a &#8216;black cat&#8217; appeared the day of a scheduled surgery. A couple years later I came across, now friend, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/molly_haze.singer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Molly Haze<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and her music. Since then, both have helped ease the anxieties.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now I listen to her music before I begin each blog I write. As a matter of fact, I&#8217;ve blogged about her and her music on three occasions. <a href=\"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2023\/09\/08\/meet-molly-haze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Journey of Molly Haze: A Musical and Dance Talent<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2023\/11\/25\/behind-fiction\/\">Behind \u2018Fiction\u2019 Molly Haze\u2019s New Single<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2024\/11\/28\/shes-back-with-her-new-ep-molly-haze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She\u2019s Back with Her New EP, Molly Haze<\/a> are all available for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now she has another single out, and another blog! Enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RXJgPa92pAY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=es-MX&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@mollyhaze2489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Molly Haze, I&#8217;ve Got Something<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It\u2019s all in the &#8216;<strong><em>something<\/em><\/strong>.&#8217; What is this enigmatic thing I have? I\u2019ll let you decide. It\u2019s part of the listening game.&#8221; Molly says of the song when I asked for a quote. Obvious I know more than she&#8217;s willing to cite but her mystery is her persona as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So yes, &#8220;<strong><em>I&#8217;ve got something they don&#8217;t have<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221; I&#8217;ve got Molly in my corner and no fear of &#8216;<strong><em>Superstitions<\/em><\/strong>.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please consider making a donation by tapping that coffee cup and remember you can find all my social sites on&nbsp;<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/rickollie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Linktree<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">singer, song writer, musician, friend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-blogging-prompt jetpack-blogging-prompt\"><div class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__label\">Daily writing prompt<\/div><div class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__text\">Are you superstitious?<\/div><div class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-gravatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29d6cd0afda93d18156b435220879f6655245c1f2db02c4ae8561b23422d3654?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-gravatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eed2d73b7d6b5dfc957f496ab2ad16a5de61a5361fa11e7ebe955f7e4ce5ddbb?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-gravatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e266675d1d6b7bfb95d3de10dfaea6daf3ab55f50f0b2ef6b9819f8b5da1da6?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G\"\/><a class=\"jetpack-blogging-prompt__answers-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/tag\/dailyprompt-1875?locale=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noreferrer noopener\">View all responses<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It\u2019s all in the &#8216;something.&#8217; What is this enigmatic thing I have? 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