According to a recent study, there are currently 1,022,000 words in the English language. Of that total, about 1/5 of those words are adjectives, so approximately 204,400 adjectives. Finally, each of those adjectives have an average of 10 synonyms. That's a lot of adjectives!
Knowing that information, could someone please explain to me why the majority of human beings in this country choose to limit their use of adjectives to a meager selection of 4-6 swear words! Not only are there plenty of more suitable adjectives to choose from, but I'm pretty sure that none of those 4-6 swear words are even adjectives! We have a fairly decent educational system in this country, so it really shouldn't be that hard to describe something better than, "that's a huge f------ rock", or "there are a s--- ton of weeds down in there." Please, have some respect for the English language, and have some respect for yourself! Learn a new adjective, and the proper one at that, and use it!
Now, I understand that there are certain situations where a swear word might be appropriate, or just difficult to suppress: you just about fell over a steep drop off, someone dropped a brick on your foot or slammed your finger in the door, or your kid walks into the house with blood all over his/her arm. While I admire those who have the self-control to not swear in situations like these, I totally understand those who do express their shock, pain, or fear in these moments by using a swear word. However, if you are going to describe a normal life situation to me, please be an educated human being and use one of the 204,400 adjectives that are conveniently provided in the English language!
*The numbers I shared were gathered from a quick search online, and were used to elucidate the point I wanted to make, and therefore should not to be quoted as facts.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Moments to Experience
It's funny how life can be so easy and pleasant one moment, but change one tiny element of a situation and all of a sudden time slows down to a tortuous crawl...
For example, have you ever been in one of these pleasant life moments?
1) Watching a performance, concert, or attending an important meeting?
2) Excited to go on a first date to one of your favorite places?
3) Being interviewed for a position that you are confident you deserve?
4) Running through a beautiful neighborhood with a recent acquaintance?
Not bad moments, right?! Now lets change one tiny element and see what you think!
1) Watching a performance, concert, or attending an important meeting from the middle seat in a very long row, and then realizing that you have to pee extremely bad, but there won't be an appropriate break for another hour!
2) Going on a first date and all of a sudden feeling nausea. You've only been out for about an hour, and you don't have the heart to tell the guy to take you home, even though you have to repress the feeling of throwing up every 2-5 min!
3) Being interviewed for a position that you are confident you deserve, but suddenly having a random itch in your throat that forces you to cough every 30 seconds to a minute since there is no water on hand to suppress the itch.
4) Running through a beautiful neighborhood with a recent acquaintance, when the worst type of emergency hits you! Not only are there no bathrooms close at hand, but how do you tell your new friend that you need to stop running for a bit or it is very likely that you will have an unpleasant accident?!
Moments like these sure don't make life very pleasant, but they certainly make it more entertaining!!
For example, have you ever been in one of these pleasant life moments?
1) Watching a performance, concert, or attending an important meeting?
2) Excited to go on a first date to one of your favorite places?
3) Being interviewed for a position that you are confident you deserve?
4) Running through a beautiful neighborhood with a recent acquaintance?
Not bad moments, right?! Now lets change one tiny element and see what you think!
1) Watching a performance, concert, or attending an important meeting from the middle seat in a very long row, and then realizing that you have to pee extremely bad, but there won't be an appropriate break for another hour!
2) Going on a first date and all of a sudden feeling nausea. You've only been out for about an hour, and you don't have the heart to tell the guy to take you home, even though you have to repress the feeling of throwing up every 2-5 min!
3) Being interviewed for a position that you are confident you deserve, but suddenly having a random itch in your throat that forces you to cough every 30 seconds to a minute since there is no water on hand to suppress the itch.
4) Running through a beautiful neighborhood with a recent acquaintance, when the worst type of emergency hits you! Not only are there no bathrooms close at hand, but how do you tell your new friend that you need to stop running for a bit or it is very likely that you will have an unpleasant accident?!
Moments like these sure don't make life very pleasant, but they certainly make it more entertaining!!
Thursday, August 13, 2015
The Best Time Of Life
Her small hand picked up the slice of bread topped with a thin layer of cream cheese. The sparkle in her eye and the cute way she giggled as she stuffed it into her mouth left no doubt in anyone's mind how much she loved this simple delicacy. My niece was soon to be 14 months, and after watching her daily routine for just a weekend, it was clear to me that this was certainly the best time of life!
Now I know that this is a matter of opinion that can be argued many ways, but I think once I explain my reasoning you'll be persuaded!
Reason #1: How many of you have had a meal this week where you've shamelessly smeared at least half of your food all over your head and body?! That's what I thought! Probably none of you! But wouldn't life be amazing if you could...and did!? Now I know babies that don't care much for eating...I don't understand that. My niece, however, has been blessed with an appreciation for food, especially the good stuff; cheese, and chocolate! Now there are definitely foods that I could eat everyday of my life and still shake my hands in the air with ecstatic excitement every time it was given to me; but just for a moment, try to imagine never having eaten your favorite foods, and then for weeks on end being introduced to one of your favorite foods every...single...day! That right there has got to be the definition of pure happiness and joy! And that is exactly what my niece gets to experience everyday!
Reason #2: You wouldn't believe how one little 14-month-year-old can captivate a room of six adults! We turned on the video camera for a little while, and got 12 minutes of her pushing around a tub...that's it, just pushing around the tub, stopping, clapping, and repeat...for 12 minutes! And that was just a tiny fraction of the time that we spent sitting in a circle being entertained by my niece! Of course she made it easy for us to be entertained with her constant excitement at the simply things in life; new discoveries, rolling a ball, dancing (or bouncing) to music, grunting while lifting weights, and falling down but getting right back up! I've never met someone who could live more fully in the moment than my little niece!
Reason #3: Wouldn't it just make you feel special to wake up in the morning, or from a nap and instantly have someone by your side to pick you up, and to give you a hug and a kiss?! I don't know many people who have that, but my niece sure does! She'll give the signal cry to alert everyone in the house that she is awake, and instantly someone is at her side! To make it even better, as she is carried out of the room, she is greeted by even more people who clap and cheer at her presence. Not a bad life, huh?!
Reason #4: I'm sure babies get snacks for lots of important reasons, but you cannot argue that snacks work wonders in changing someone's mood, especially a baby's. So if it works so well on a baby, why don't we incorporate the habit as adults? I mean, I sure wish people would always carry around a snack to hand me when I started to get a little fussy or grouchy. I don't know about you, but all my frustration, tiredness, or grouchiness would certainly deflate in a matter of seconds if someone handed me my favorite snack! No wonder why my niece can sit so contentedly on my lap shoving fistfuls of her Vanilla Cereal Puffs into her mouth!
Reason #5: The best reason of all, though, is the love! Oh the love that cute, little human being receives everyday is incredible! She is showered with words and signs of affection daily by her parents, and then weekly by grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends of the family. She gets so much love I almost wonder if its overwhelming! But it's not! She soaks all that love in like little plant and thrives! How this world would be such a different place if all children received such love!
Are you convinced? If not, well, I could give you even more reasons! Because I truly believe that there could be no better time of life than this!
Now I know that this is a matter of opinion that can be argued many ways, but I think once I explain my reasoning you'll be persuaded!
Reason #1: How many of you have had a meal this week where you've shamelessly smeared at least half of your food all over your head and body?! That's what I thought! Probably none of you! But wouldn't life be amazing if you could...and did!? Now I know babies that don't care much for eating...I don't understand that. My niece, however, has been blessed with an appreciation for food, especially the good stuff; cheese, and chocolate! Now there are definitely foods that I could eat everyday of my life and still shake my hands in the air with ecstatic excitement every time it was given to me; but just for a moment, try to imagine never having eaten your favorite foods, and then for weeks on end being introduced to one of your favorite foods every...single...day! That right there has got to be the definition of pure happiness and joy! And that is exactly what my niece gets to experience everyday!
Reason #2: You wouldn't believe how one little 14-month-year-old can captivate a room of six adults! We turned on the video camera for a little while, and got 12 minutes of her pushing around a tub...that's it, just pushing around the tub, stopping, clapping, and repeat...for 12 minutes! And that was just a tiny fraction of the time that we spent sitting in a circle being entertained by my niece! Of course she made it easy for us to be entertained with her constant excitement at the simply things in life; new discoveries, rolling a ball, dancing (or bouncing) to music, grunting while lifting weights, and falling down but getting right back up! I've never met someone who could live more fully in the moment than my little niece!
Reason #3: Wouldn't it just make you feel special to wake up in the morning, or from a nap and instantly have someone by your side to pick you up, and to give you a hug and a kiss?! I don't know many people who have that, but my niece sure does! She'll give the signal cry to alert everyone in the house that she is awake, and instantly someone is at her side! To make it even better, as she is carried out of the room, she is greeted by even more people who clap and cheer at her presence. Not a bad life, huh?!
Reason #4: I'm sure babies get snacks for lots of important reasons, but you cannot argue that snacks work wonders in changing someone's mood, especially a baby's. So if it works so well on a baby, why don't we incorporate the habit as adults? I mean, I sure wish people would always carry around a snack to hand me when I started to get a little fussy or grouchy. I don't know about you, but all my frustration, tiredness, or grouchiness would certainly deflate in a matter of seconds if someone handed me my favorite snack! No wonder why my niece can sit so contentedly on my lap shoving fistfuls of her Vanilla Cereal Puffs into her mouth!
Reason #5: The best reason of all, though, is the love! Oh the love that cute, little human being receives everyday is incredible! She is showered with words and signs of affection daily by her parents, and then weekly by grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends of the family. She gets so much love I almost wonder if its overwhelming! But it's not! She soaks all that love in like little plant and thrives! How this world would be such a different place if all children received such love!
Are you convinced? If not, well, I could give you even more reasons! Because I truly believe that there could be no better time of life than this!
Thursday, August 6, 2015
You're Single?!...Yes, Yes I Am
I always find it flattering when people are surprised that I am still single, but it never quite makes up for the fact that I am still single! However, if no one ever commented on the fact that I was single, and all my friends both older and younger stopped sending me their wedding announcements, I'd probably be perfectly content being single; at least for a couple more years that is...hehe ;-) I mean, I've got the single life down! I love the freedom, I love the social life, I love the lack of responsibility, and I love the fewer expenses. The only thing that makes me uncomfortable being single is the unnecessary pressure I get from everyone around me to improve my situation through one singular way, marriage. I know that they are only seeking my best interest. I mean, how could I not be happier if I were married to the man I loved? But see, that's the key..."the man I love." What makes people think that just because I'm single I should want to date any single man they know?! Being single does not make me a 'one size fits all'! Just because I've passed the average marrying age for an LDS female does not mean that I'm desperate, and willing to date anyone with facial hair and a deep voice! As much as it may appear that I am not making any progress, I really do have this whole marriage thing under control. I do associate with single men. I do go on dates, and I do have specific qualities that I am looking for. Just because it's taking me a little longer than may be expected doesn't mean that you need to send out the the support team to drag me in! I've got this, and I'm enjoying the journey, so just let me go at my own pace!
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