There is wonder and beauty in emptiness. What happens when we come to know that everything we experience is timelessly ephemeral – as fleeting as a “tiny drop of dew or a bubble floating in a stream”? As writer Octavia Butler invokes, what if God is change? I become present with each moment as a divine gift. I become wholly intimate with each exper... See more

de·cou·ple

/dēˈkəpəl/

verb

separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.

"the mountings effectively decouple movements of the engine from those of the wheels"


• make the interaction between (electrical components) so weak that there is little transfer of energy between them, especially to remove unwanted AC distortion or oscillation

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un·teth·er

/ˌənˈteT͟Hər/

verb

past tense: untethered ; past participle: untethered

release or free from a tether.

"I reached the horses and untethered them"

When Cú Chulainn eventually realised that he had been mortally wounded, he tied himself to a large stone so that he could die standing up, face to face with his enemies. There he remained for three days, still capable of striking fear into his foes. No one dared approach him. It was only when the Morrigan, in the form of a raven, perched on Cú Chul... See more

cir·cu·i·tous

/sərˈkyo͞oədəs/

adjective

(of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.

"the canal followed a circuitous route"