Tempura (noun) | tem·​pu·​ra

The word tempura, has a winding history.

First introduced to the Japanese in the 16th century by Portuguese missionaries arriving in Nagasaki—the word was not originally a reference to Japanese food as it is commonly related to.

The Latin “tempora” had first meant “time”, and was most often used by Portuguese missionaries in the phrase “quatuor anni tempora”, which referred to the Ember Days—four days at the start of every season where one would fast as an observance of the passage of time, and of the growth and change it brings. 

Because all things take time.

So we study and we train,
and we try and we fail.

And we do it all again,
knowing that every stumble leads us on.

Time tempers and seasons us
and makes us champions in all things.

Time hardens us
and teaches discipline and sacrifice.

Nothing can be done without time.

No experience can be gained.

And like an armor,
that experience stays with us.

It shields us.

And we wear that armor proudly.