![]() ![]() Each human longs for some acceptable level of glamor in this life, to feel worthy, accomplished, and respected. Humans have a way of embellishing their opinions about how the world should work to look glamorous. We do not like anything that challenges our well-established rules of engagement with the world, particularly the tempests that God’s truth initiates. When it comes to living an adventurous life with our Creator, we all have our umbrellas out and up to protect us from any damaging or threatening conditions that may make us feel uncomfortable. Pardon my mental burp, but I just have to type the words, “Gene Kelly, Singing in the rain.” Sorry for the interruption. Theoretically, the only persons who could claim a right to use an umbrella were the average Joe, who could only afford the high-altitude benches, the last rollers. ![]() Obviously, the reason is that when you shelter your own little head, you diminish the view the person behind you paid with their hard-earned money to secure. Therefore, there are no umbrellas allowed in stadiums. Rain has a way of separating the “fans” from the “spectators.” When an umbrella pops up, the horizon disappears for the person behind you. It is even more true for all outdoor collegiate and professional sports. If you ever attended a middle or high school football or soccer game when it was raining, you know umbrellas are not welcomed in the stands. Thank you for suffering the twists as it gets out of my system. Obviously, I am stuck in an “umbrellic” cognitive vortex. Finally, the British made it an icon for the gentile man. Next, the Chinese made it folding and waterproofed the fabric, or paper, to protect from rain or snow. It seems that umbrellas were first used by the ancient Egyptians four thousand years ago. Although I have assumed the umbrella was invented by the Chinese, it wasn’t. The umbrella started out as a covering designed to keep the hot sun off glamorous heads. I cannot get straight in my mind how it happened the collaboration between the two gives us “umbrella.” The Old French word, “ombrage,” collided with the Latin word “umbraticum.” Both words have to do with shade or shadow. ![]() Our English word “umbrella” has a confusing etymology for me. Let me give you a few tidbits to stash in your ” umbrella facts box.” If you don’t have one with that label, take this opportunity to add another box, there is always room for one more box.īut first, the word itself. We can’t bring ourselves to throw it away, so we pack it up, put it on a shelf, and then forget it. Information we like but have no actual need to use. Most of us have a mental attic or basement, where we store information that was at some point interesting but not very useful. ![]()
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