Short Stories: September 29, 2021 Issue [#10953] |
This week: Armed with Words Edited by: Lilli 🧿 ☕ More Newsletters By This Editor
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"Be mindful when it comes to your words. A string of some that don't mean much to you, may stick with someone else for a lifetime."
~ Rachel Wolchin
"Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten."
~Unknown
"Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder."
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Words, phrases, and overall verbal and written communication can elicit a strong emotional response from the reader or listener. We use language to appeal to emotion in our everyday conversation. This week I'll share some interesting words and their meanings. I hope you enjoy discovering these words!
Kintsugi
While this is not a word that might typically turn up in everyday language or writing, it's a favorite word of mine. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — a metaphor for embracing your flaws and imperfections.
If we all embraced Kintsugi as a philosophy, we could learn from our mistakes instead of denying them.
Novalunosis
noun
The state of relaxation and wonderment experienced when gazing upon the stars.
Every time I experience novalunosis, I feel like my mind goes into a wonderous daze.
Abscond
verb
To leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to avoid detection.
He absconded from the custody of the nurses who were escorting him from the hospital to the court.
Saudade
noun
A nostalgic longing to be near again to someone or something that is distant, or that has been loved and then lost.
Saudade grabs me when I see the color turquoise, which brings me back to the clear warm water of the Kenyan ocean.
Solivagant
adjective
Wandering alone.
It takes a true solivagant to drop everything for a solo backpacking trip in a foreign country.
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