Epiphany:
a (1) : a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something (2) : an intuitive grasp of reality through something (as an event) usually simple and striking (3) : an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure
Well, I’ve been thinking. This day is pretty important, not only to Christians, but perhaps to many others as well since the definition above is certainly food for thought about one’s new year! And around here, there are celebrations of the three kings who ride in on camels in some of the little towns near us. A very beautiful event, not to mention the galette of almond paste that’s sitting temptingly on our counter….hmmmmm.
I think I like epiphanies—I like discovery of the meaning of something I did not know before, or a realization of something that I thought I could not grasp and then, voilá—I grasped it!
Mama says it’s like a time when her good friend and she were making clothes and mama, for some reason, just couldn’t figure out how to put a sleeve in an armhole (for the first time) and so she put it in wrong and when she and her friend tried on the dress, their arms stuck up in the air instead of by their sides! Aha, mama said, the sleeves go in the other way, seam of sleeve to seam of side of dress, and for her, this was a kind of epiphany, albeit pretty mundane, if you ask me…
Still, to have an epiphany is a really nice feeling. I, for one, when I came to this house, sort of wandered around not knowing where I was or who I was, for that matter, and for a few weeks, I just couldn’t get a handle on what my life was going to be like, and then, one day, after a really, really good snuggle from mama and papa, I said to myself, “WOW—now I know why I’m here and that I’ll be here for a long, long time!”
And that was my epiphany.
Are you going to have one or two of those in 2014? You never know when an epiphany will sneak up on you and whammo—your brain opens up, the clouds clear, the sky is wide and blue and you say, “Eureka!”
Nice to look forward to, no?
I certainly look forward to my next one.
Maybe it will be when I figure out how to open the Purina package and cut off the top and put the food in my bowl.
Self-reliance is certainly a great asset, but right now, I think I’ve just had a sleep epiphany—When I lie down, my eyes close and I relax completely! I’ll bet lots of anthros wish they could do that, haha.
Ah Loulou……Happy New Year! You and our kitty, Binky, are my teachers. Both of you always show me the way to feel the earth and ease into the present. Thank you and may I learn much more from both of you in 2014!
Love, Jacqueline
Jacqueline, mama loves her seeds!!!! You are so kind to send such wonders–Easter Egg Radishes, for example. Who would have thought they exist?
And spicey mix salad. I wish I knew Binky….I feel I do know her even if we are so far apart.