{"id":2566,"date":"2016-08-26T16:13:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T23:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=2566"},"modified":"2016-08-26T16:13:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T23:13:47","slug":"fifty-fourtunate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/26\/fifty-fourtunate\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty &#8211; Fourtunate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2568\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2568\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2568\" src=\"https:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/hand-thorpe-art-mixedmediaartjournaling.jpg?resize=800%2C583\" alt=\"Hand-THORPE-ART-MixedMediaArtJournaling\" width=\"800\" height=\"583\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A page from my mixed media Art Journal &#8211; pondering the meaning of life and other heady things!<br \/><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was my birthday on Sunday and, no surprise, I have been thinking a lot about the passing of time and this metaphor has been rolling around my head for the past five days, so I thought I should share it with you.<\/p>\n<p>On the day I was born the archer pulled the string back on the bow and the arrow that is ME shot forth into the world. The arch of the arrow is unknown, the distance too and wherever that arrow lands, well that is it\u2019s true mark \u2013 and not for me to know. I sooth myself by thinking I have control over those two factors \u2013 arch and distance \u2013 and perhaps I do to a little bit. My efforts can take me higher and perchance farther but there is capriciousness too, that is out of my control. And as I think about it, it is just that fickleness that is the true gift of life. In not knowing the arch and distance of my arrow, in understanding that I can not control all factors I can give over to the goodness and wonder before me \u2013 right here, right now. It is all there ever was, is, or will be. 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