We live day by day not knowing what our future holds for us. We may not even realize what our purpose here on earth is. Truthfully, no one knows for sure what their purpose in life is. However, some people do have some insights. When that realizations is something that is so great, so sudden, such an intuitive insight, it can be considered an epiphany. In class this week we discussed what an epiphany is. It is a great realization far beyond the simple degree.
At first without any consideration of meaning, when I heard the word epiphany in class I immediately thought of the Christian feast holiday of the Epiphany. This is a feast is a commemoration of the "appearance" of Christ. But immediately after thinking about this, the class made it clear that we were talking about epiphany as an intuitive insight into something. It is not until further reflection that I made a connection between the feast day Epiphany and the actual word epiphany. The holiday is based on the "appearance" of Christ. The word is used to describe a realization. However this realization is something so sudden that it "appears". Whether an epiphany is something that "appears" to be true or suddenly "appears" is still something that i have not concluded upon. However, I definitely made a significant connection between the two when looking deeper into it.
My realization of this here is not an epiphany, it is too small to be so. In fact, I have not yet had my epiphany. I have not had my one great realization of my life. This may be embedded in what my purpose of life will be. Looking at it now, I still do not know what I want to do later in my life. According to my Plan Test I am supposed to be a cop, you know how that will turn out... But without being so cynical about it, I am still in the process of thinking what my future will hold for me. I am waiting for my epiphany. Until that moment, I do not know what my future will hold for me in the slightest idea.
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