Sharing the Ascension Experience
Definitions: (1) lively playfulness; merriment; amusement; sport; recreation; joking frivolity; (2) a source or cause of enjoyable distraction <as a game or an amusing person or thing> Comment: You might tease a friend with a bit of banter, but there is no ‘fun’ in making fun of someone. Quotes:• Make space in your life for the things that … Read more
Definitions: (1) characterizes one whose expectations have been realized or satisfied; accomplished; (2) brought to an end; performed Quotes:• A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves. — Lao-tse (6th Century BC) Chinese theologian• If by chance some day you’re not … Read more
Definitions: (1) very fertile; prolific; plentiful; (2) producing abundant results; (3) profitable; rich Compatible Quality: generous Quotes:• Sometimes it’s the detours which turn out to be the fruitful ideas. — Sir Roger Penrose (1931-) British mathematician• Give me the fruitful error any time, full of seeds, bursting with its own corrections. You can keep your sterile truth for yourself. — Vilfredo … Read more
Definitions: (1) economical <usually with monetary possessions but also with all sorts of resources>; not using unnecessarily; saving; using precious resources sparingly; (2) entailing little expense; requiring few assets Too Far: miserly, stingy Quotes:• Living a frugal lifestyle gives you the opportunity to invest more money towards your future. — John Rampton (1984-) American entrepreneur• Being frugal, conscious of … Read more
Definition: merrily playful; full of mirth; sportive; lighthearted Poetry:I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.I want to be light and frolicsome.I want to be improbably beautiful and afraid of nothing,as though I had wings.― Mary Oliver (1935-2015) American poet, Owls and Other Fantasies {2006} Quote: A real education takes place, not in the … Read more
Definition: gaily active; lively; playful Idiom: American-English: Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed {1888} } ― American-English Quote: The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. ― Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman … Read more
Definitions: (1) showing kindly interest and good will; amicable; (2) comforting or supportive of others needs and wants; helpful; (3) attached to another by affection or esteem; a favored companion; (4) disposed to peace; ; amity; (5) cheerful; (6) entente <friendly understanding between factions> Synonyms: a buddy, conciliatory, hospitable, playmate, propitious, sympathetic Complementary Qualities: communication, … Read more
Definitions: (1) having the energy and appearance of youth; (2) original, spontaneous, and stimulating; (3) having new vigor; lively; (4) not impaired by time; not forgotten or used Synonyms: brisk, florid, novel, recent, glowing, strong, unfaded Quotes:• I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it. ― Henri Matisse … Read more
Definitions: (1) characterizes a person who forms opinions on the basis of sound reasoning, independent of authority, tradition, or established belief; self-determining; (2) one who accepts the possible validity of all modes of thought or action; open-minded Balancing Quality: Cooperative Familial Qualities: independent, individualistic Quotes:• The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how … Read more
Definitions: (1) able to move in any direction; unhindered; (2) able to choose for oneself; not restricted by anything except one’s own limitations or nature; unencumbered; unhampered; (3) spontaneous; (4) not constrained or stilted; unimpeded; smooth, easy, and graceful; (5) possessing a generous spirit; liberal or lavish with goods or time; (6) frank; straightforward; uninhibited; (7) open to … Read more