Being a fan of words I look for and read them everywhere. I think it all started ages ago while reading the backs of cereal boxes. Now I read everything: signs, plaques, memorials, directions, chalkboards, menus, whiteboards, magnets, carvings, raised metal, blocks, imprints, impressions, sidewalk chalk, train graffiti, book spines, air fresheners, notices, refrigerators, headlines. Even the occasional book.
Words hang out everywhere and in some surprising places. Some even smell good.
Here’s a few words I’ve run into lately:
The good and the bad.
“There are places I remember all my life, Though some have changed, Some forever, not for better, Some have gone and some remain.” ~ From the Beatles”In My Life.”
Such a tiny word…
“Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.” But I say unto you, they are inseparable. Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed.” ~Khalil Gibran
Life began here.
“The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and shelter.” ~Bill Mollison
Don’t ask me to choose just one kind.
“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” ~ David Mamet
A concrete idea.
“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” ~ Michelangelo
Wings, roots, reasons.
“Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.” ~ Dalai Lama
Such a big word.
“The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
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