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Heaven #274 How to treat this present moment

Posted May 10th, 2008 by paula

I can't find the exact meaning for this expression in Letter #274:

Know this moment, and it will carry you in triumph on its shoulders into the next moment which will also carry you to the next as a royal porter carries a treasured find gently.

Can someone please help me?

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Dear Paula, I'm not sure

On May 10th, 2008 Jochen (not verified) says:

Dear Paula, I'm not sure where exactly the problem is. Is it "find"? It is a noun here, "a find", something found or newly discovered.

Does that solve the problem?

Much love,
Jochen

Yes, Jochen is right. Here

On May 10th, 2008 Gloria Wen... says:

Yes, Jochen is right. Here find is used as a noun.

However, I was tripped up too as I read the sentence here. Treasured find could just as well have been treasure! God must have had His reason. Maybe just to make us stop over the expression!

I really think that God would want you to make the translation easy on yourself and your readers, cara Paula.

Yes, Gloria, I too think

On May 10th, 2008 Jochen (not verified) says:

Yes, Gloria, I too think that "treasure" would do. Although "find" brings in something more of that precious nowness this letter is about.

And Paula, as always when I read something you translate out of sequence, this is a treasured find fitting exactly the need of the moment. Vultures, ha!

I know 'find' is used as a

On May 10th, 2008 paula says:

I know 'find' is used as a noun here. I don't understand why 'a royal porter'! I was expecting something like a 'royal porter carrying a sedan'. Well, I'll try to translate the sense in Italian.

Safe in My arms you're only dreaming. -
Al sicuro tra le Mie braccia state solo sognando.
Love is the Answer.-Amore è la Risposta

Royal porter

On May 10th, 2008 Jochen (not verified) says:

That's too bad, Paula. I immediately saw that royal porter in my mind's eye, carrying something priceless on a little blue velvet cushion ... didn't occur to me there might be a problem there.

We could say you are a royal

On May 11th, 2008 Gloria Wen... says:

We could say you are a royal porter of God's words in Heavenletters.

A royal porter carries the treasure. A porter carries.

This help, cara Paula?