Word of The Day 19/365: depend upon it

dreary (DREER-ee) adjective

1. Dismal, gloomy.

2. Dull.

 

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

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Word of The Day 18/365: we will walk

bibacious (by-BAY-shuhs) adjective

Overly fond of drinking.

[From Latin bibere (to drink).]

What I want...

What I have...

 "The church is near, but the road is icy. The bar is far, but we will walk carefully."    

— Russian Proverb.

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Word of The Day 17/365: all eventually arrive

tantalize (TAN-tuh-lyz) verb tr., also tantalise

To tease or torment by showing something desirable but keeping it out of reach.

[After Tantalus in Greek mythology. Tantalus, a king of Lydia, was condemned to stand in Hades chin deep in water and under fruits that receded whenever he tried to drink water or eat the fruit.]

 That eternally harassing, tantalizing future. Mystery! We will all eventually arrive there

 - willing or unwilling, with all our soul and body. And too often it proves to be a great despot. 

And so, in the end, I arrived too. Whether the future is a kind or a cruel god is, 

of course, its own affair. Humanity too often claps with just one hand.

~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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Word of The Day 16/365: live in the only moment

vivid (VIV-id) adjective

Bright; clear and fresh; lively.

[From Latin vividus, from vivere (to live).]

Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, 

and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.

~Denis Waitely

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Word of The Day 15/365: take my fill

ambrosia (am-BROE-zhuh) noun

1. In classical mythology, the food of the gods.

2. Something very pleasing to taste or smell.

3. A dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut.

I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; 

but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies

 I no longer touch earth with my feet: I stand in the presence of Zeus himself

 and take my fill of ambrosia, food of the gods.  

~ Ptolemy

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