‘Ambition’ is first known from the 14th century as a noun and 1601 as a verb. It is defined as follows: “an ardent desire for rank, fame, or power” “desire to achieve a particular end” Earlier this week I was thinking about ambition. There were several questions that popped up…

‘Heat Wave’ is a more modern term and considered slang for abnormally hot weather that only lasts no more than a couple of days. Being that it is summertime as I write this and the last few days have broken all kinds of heat records where I live in the…

‘Climb’ is a Middle English word from the Old English word ‘climban’ from before the 12th century. It is defined as follows: “to go upward on or along, to the top of, or over” “to draw or pull oneself up, over, or to the top of by using hands and…

This past week, I’ve been thinking about the word fear. What is fear? What does fear drive me to do? What kind of reaction is fear? And then the last question I had was: Can fear be trusted? Personally, I believe that fear is what makes you choose between “fight…

‘Friend’ as a noun has been used before the 12th century. It derives from a Middle English word ‘frend’, and then from Old English frēond. Stemming from Old High German ‘friunt’. Which relates back to Old English from the words ‘frēon’ meaning to love, and ‘frēo’ meaning free. From all…

‘Guilt’ is a word known way before the 12th century and comes from an Old English word “gylt”. It is defined if used as a noun or as a verb: NOUN: “Feelings of deserving blame especially for imagined offenses of from a sense of inadequacy” VERB: “To persuade (someone) to…

Life never fails to amaze me. Allow me to make a sports analogy — basketball is one of my favorite sports. It seems to be the best way for me to describe what I am feeling right now. If you don’t like basketball or don’t understand, I hope I can…

‘Clunker’ is a word from 1930 and it is mostly an informal American/English term. Clunker is defined as follows in two different ways: “An old or badly working piece of machinery” “Someone or something notably unsuccessful” Sometimes when I’m on the road or walking around where I live, I often…

One thing that we can agree on is that we are all human. Humans that have successes and failures, have dreams, and make mistakes. Sometimes we win the day or have heartbreaking devastations. We only get one life, and it is completely up to us how we live it. …