Showing posts with label cliches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cliches. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Wordplay Wednesday™ April 26, 2017 – Bosk



Update your clichés! And your life path 

Are you stumped on which way to turn in life, and “can’t see the forest for the trees”?
 
Try making just one little clearing … and then another … and then another … until your forest is a series paths, each leading to a peaceful …

BOSK (bäsk) n. – a small wooded place; grove; thicket; also boscage (bäsʹkij) [WW #109]

A motivational friend, JV Crum III of Conscious Millionaire would say, “chunk it down”! He taught me that most goals in life are manageable if you look at the big picture in scope, then break that down to the individual steps you need to make it happen.
 
I know, I know—so many details—so little time! Creating a pathway of bosks means you don’t have to deal with all the details all the time.

Each step creates a bosk in which you can rest, regenerate, and resume your quest. Before you know it, your big, beautiful forest will become a landscape of meaningful bosks.

Go forth—enjoy your Hump Day and the rest of your week with renewed vigor.

If you can’t see the forest for the trees, clear a path toward your first oasis/bosk that will lead you through the forest of your dreams.
 
Word Challenge: BOSK. Chunk down your dream goal to a series of attainable bosks and share them with your network, as you fit bosk into your week of visionary writings.

Write first for yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle)

 
                       

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Wordplay Wednesday™ January 25, 2017 – Minatory



Good Day or Bad … Power Out. 

There is no doubt about it. Life is a daily challenge in the best of circumstances. If you love your life now, savor every second … nothing is forever.

When we’re going through tough times, though, it always feels like it’s forever. With a frown in place, our happiness is threatened …

MINATORY (minʹɘ tôrʹe) adj. – 1) menacing; threatening; 2) conveying or constituting a threat. [WW #96] 

This Wordplay Wednesday offering is an end-of-January inspirational message, for those who feel minatory forces are already at work to spoil their 2017 resolved goals.

You have the power … don’t let it happen. We can cite many platitudes and attitudes to work through minatory moments. The Internet is full of inspirations and quotes to buck you up or take you down.

But this quietly potent message is brought to you by an easy to miss utterance I picked up from the latest episode of the original NCIS (01/24/17). Courtesy of its writers, who always put such wise words in Gibbs’ mouth …

“When you’re going through hell … keep going.”  

Never give up. As soon as you do, “they” win. And you can’t let that happen.

Life is a cycle. Look ahead to your next bright dawn, knowing it will come. It may take a while and it may not be as golden as you envisioned, but it beats your current cycle, right?

One more cliché for the road: an astute high school instructor once said to me, “This too shall pass … will you?”
 
Happy Hump Day and cheers to your Wordplay Wednesday!

Word Challenge: MINATORY. Fight for your successes and guard your soul against the cruelties of life. May the Force be with you as you fit minatory into your week of powerful writings.


                       

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