On becoming fifty --.I was out walking with no particular destination in mind. I imagined someone stopping in their car to offer me a lift. `Where are you going?' they would ask. `Here,' I would answer, `I'm going here--and here,' I would add, taking another step. And it dawned on me in one of those epiphanous moments that: I have arrived. I am here and now, and never was anywhere else. Yes, I have arrived, Only to discover that I was here all the time but it has taken me fifty years to discover it. All past and all future exist for me here and now And in all the heres and nows that ever were and ever will be. My mind and heart still grow, Experience and learning will teach and change my understanding. Wisdom may be given, and health and strength will ebb and flow the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively. See also: Ebb And then more ebbing to release the soul I nurture NURTURE. The act of taking care of children and educating them: the right to the nurture of children generally belongs to the father till the child shall arrive at the age of fourteen years, and not longer. Till then, he is guardian by nurture. Co. Litt. 38 b. Into its longed-for God embrace. But I am here, right now. I can be at home, I can set up my camp And enjoy the sunrise and sunset Sunrise and Sunset are a pair of pegasi in the Dungeons & Dragons-based Forgotten Realms setting. The pair were rescued from giants by the moon elf Tarathiel a few years prior to 1370 DR, and after this they served as winged mounts for him and his partner, . I can put a sign outside saying `In--Permanently', And I can work and do and create and be right now, No more waiting. I have learned that Heaven is here too And Jesus. Great Souls have left their prints here and all of history has informed this moment, this eternal Now. What a relief, I have arrived. How we all loathe people who think they've arrived. Arrived at the truth, Arrived at the top, Arrived materially, economically, physically, powerfully, pontifically pon·tif·i·cal adj. 1. Relating to, characteristic of, or suitable for a pope or bishop. 2. Having the dignity, pomp, or authority of a pontiff or bishop. 3. Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious. ... And we think we see them Casting long glances down noses stuffed with arrogance Arrogance See also Boastfulness, Conceit, Egotism. Artfulness (See CUNNING.) amber traditional symbol of arrogance. [Gem Symbolism: Jobes, 81] Arachne And incapable of smelling filth Filth See also Dirtiness. Augean stables held 3,000 oxen, uncleaned for 30 years; Hercules’ fifth labor: washes out dung by diverting a river. [Gk. and Rom. Myth. or flowers anymore. But I have arrived, here and now, And I ask you not to despise de·spise tr.v. de·spised, de·spis·ing, de·spis·es 1. To regard with contempt or scorn: despised all cowards and flatterers. 2. me. If you only knew-- Perhaps you do--beloved friends, That now, you are all here too. |
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