, words
spiny or smooth, whispered or declaimed.
words to consider, reconsider.
[I don’t know what it is about that poem that continues to stick with me, but it does. I just can’t stop continually throwing snippets here and there. It’s not even from our country.]
[Luckily, I have a few new word-gems, from our own nation(s) to use, now that our Olympic Opening Ceremonies has taken place.]
We do encounter each other in words. …in words, and smiles, and activities, and ideas, and meals, and tasks, and trips, and cheers, and wii-games, and drinks.
This week almost killed me. It is and was all fine, but university came at me triple-time and triple-force. Speaking at convention was a whole new experience; being asked to write an article related to a study for convention was, too. The week was a lot. Kind words and here’s-what-we-can-do words got me through.
Then this weekend, words of celebration and fun. We find ourselves in Edmonton catching most of the Opening Ceremonies, playing Just Dance, and seeing what it is Edmonton has to offer us.
Because we’re open to it, a few new acquaintances present themselves. Old acquaintances bring their smiles and words, too.
We encounter each other in words.
I’m grateful for weekends like this, where I’m not so busy and distracted and forced to focus… where I can appreciate and notice and choose the words, more often.