Skating through the Holidays
Last week we perused the planning, organizing,
and resolute demeanor of a telic
person during Holiday festivities and into New Year’s goals.
This week, let’s cross the Pond to France, and
explore the carefree folks who skate through it all, albeit at times, on thin ice …
JOIE DE VI VRE (zhwåd veʹvr’; French) n. –
(the) joy of living; high spirits; exuberance, etc. [WW #142]
Ah, the language of romance.
Being a ne’er-do-well, or at the very least, one who skates through life with nary
a New Year’s goal in sight, never sounded so good.
Taken to the extreme, with no structure
whatsoever, joie de vi vre can be as disastrous as the ultimate planner hampered
by blinders.
It’s becoming increasingly apparent (to those
without blinders, and those with even a little focus) that an old adage proves
true once again: “Everything in moderation.”
If moderation were applied to every aspect of
life, from business to diet and exercise, it’s a fair guess success would
follow, with tempered joie de vi vre.
However, we are human after all. The retail
industry created the modern Holidays, which often result in excessive joie
de vi vre or opposing telic
abstinence. Rarely the two shall meet.
Word Challenge: JOIE DE VI VRE. May your Holidays be
bubbly and effervescent, without excess, as you fit joie
de vi vre into your week of spirited writing.
Write first for
yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle)
E-N-D
