Make it a
Whimsical Wednesday!
While
some days are magical without forethought, others may need a little nudge.
Granted,
few, if any of us lead a fully fanciful life (if we did, what would we look
forward to?), but every day should hold at least one moment of magic. Even if it’s only a musing memory as you cradle a treasured
trinket in your hand …
WHIM-WHAM (hwimสนhwam’) n. – 1)
a fanciful ornament; bauble; trinket; 2) an odd notion, fancy, whim (the whim-whams [informal] – an uneasy,
nervous feeling; the jitters). [WW #121]
It doesn’t need to be Wednesday to be a whim-wham
day, but it does kinda feel fun rolling off the tongue, doesn’t it? “Whim-Wham
Wednesday”!
OK, I confess. My day didn’t start with flights of fancy tickling my mind, so I
needed something to boost morale and provoke an attitude adjustment.
Searching my mind for a positive track to run
it on, I idly picked up a San Diego Surf Van mini-snow globe on my desk. Turning it over to stir the rare
SoCal snow, I watched vintage reels of summers past, float by on the drifting
snowflakes. With a silly smile, I’d found my whim-wham.
But like most things in life, even a winsome
word like whim-wham has a dark side … at times, it can go from feel-good
fancies and whims, to jittery and jumpy restlessness.
If it does, remember, it’s what you do the
moment after that counts. Make it upbeat and lighthearted whenever possible, and you’ll find your whole
day flows better. I’m enjoying my Whim-Wham Wednesday, how about you?
(Whatever day it is …)
Word Challenge: WHIM-WHAM.
Even the most thick-crusted all-business person has a heart that can
be stirred by a whim-wham. Help them find their moment of magic as you fit whim-wham
into your week of uplifting writings. (And I dare you to say whim-wham ten times super-fast!
LOL)
Write first for
yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle)
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