Figuring "This" out

By Vichara

Like most of you I am trying to figure all of “this” out as well.  These moments I sit and try to bring in the reins of my emotions and thoughts until there is a quiet moment is a challenge, as it is for all of us.  But as I read recently, “whatever can run, can also stand still”.  We are all capable of taking hold of life’s remote control and hit pause…just for a moment.  Who knows in that moment you might see someone else in that moment and through the acknowledgement recognize like all of us we are just trying to figure “this” out.

durable • \DUR-uh-bul\  • adjective

: able to exist for a long time without significant deterioration; also : designed to be durable

 Example Sentence:

The couch is covered in a pretty yet durable fabric, and I hope it will last for years.

 Did you know?

Something "durable" lasts a long time, so it's no surprise that the word comes to us, via Anglo-French, from the Latin verb "durare," meaning "to last." Other descendants of "durare" in English include "during," "endure," and "durance" (which now mostly turns up in the phrase "in durance vile," a fancy way of saying "in prison"). "Durable" even has a near synonym in the much rarer "perdurable," which combines "durare" with the prefix "per-" (meaning "throughout") to create a word that can mean "lasting a very long time or indefinitely" or "eternal."