Comments on: Nothing New Under the Sun: An Excerpt https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2016/05/nothing-new-under-the-sun-an-excerpt/ Truth Will Prevail Sun, 05 Aug 2018 23:56:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Jim Gibson https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2016/05/nothing-new-under-the-sun-an-excerpt/#comment-537928 Wed, 18 May 2016 15:33:59 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=35365#comment-537928 I stood on the beach with the early morning sun on my back and my surfboard in my hand gazing out on the 6 – 8 foot waves churning up white water in the foreground of an indigo blue sea. This was a new day. There were other days before this day but not exactly like this day. I had built up my skills over 5 years and now, at 15, there was the anticipation of something new. I was going out in perfect conditions to *create* something I had never done before; to concur the waves that I knew so well; to do something new that only existed in my mind. Someone else may have done something similar to what I was going to do, but I had not.

I paddled in from the peak and dropped in to a glassy wave going left. I pulled up into the middle of the face and ducked down as the wave curled over my head for several seconds. I heard the sound of the wave change signifying I was encircled in a tube of water. The wave at my heels collapsed and a rush of wind and water spit me out onto an open face. Part of the wave in front of me already broke, but instead of kicking out as I usually did, I went up over the top of the white water and dropped a good 6 feet down into the white water and managed to stay on my board. I skirted under the white water to get back onto a clear face and continued my ride.

I had that wave wired. There are tons of new things under the sun for me every day.

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By: Ben S. https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2016/05/nothing-new-under-the-sun-an-excerpt/#comment-537889 Sun, 15 May 2016 23:55:27 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=35365#comment-537889 Why would I buy a book called “Nothing New Under the Sun”? Sounds like a rehash :)

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By: True Blue https://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php/2016/05/nothing-new-under-the-sun-an-excerpt/#comment-537878 Sat, 14 May 2016 23:41:00 +0000 http://www.timesandseasons.org/?p=35365#comment-537878 Has there ever been a time when there was no discrimination in society? No racism, no sexism, equal opportunity for all, at least under the law. Many countries are close to this now.
I think this is new.

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