Wordplay Wednesday™ July 5, 2017 – Enervate

When the Summer Sun Wants to Vanquish Your Vigor

Many words beginning with the “en” prefix augment something, often positive: encourage, energize, enchant … but we know for every action there is a reaction …

 

ENERVATE (enʹɘr vātʹ) vt. – to deprive of strength, force, vigor; weaken physically, mentally, or morally; devitalize; debilitate. [WW #119]

Hence, my mood this week. July holds so many reasons to feel enervated. Beginning of the month of course, holds much holiday partying. That’ll do it!

By the end of the month we’re feelin’ the heat … does summer sap your vitality? Think about it now and prepare to zap July’s attempt to enervate your energy. Don’t fight it … harness it!

Word Challenge: ENERVATE. Don’t let the heat and doldrums of summer enervate your inner and outer power. Give it some thought and fit enervate into your week of peppy writings.

Write first for yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle) 

'Til next time ... enjoy a wonderful "wordful" week …

                        

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Wordplay Wednesday™ June 28, 2017 – Abulia

I Don’t Know … What Do You Think? 

Ah yes, when the San Diego County Fair is in town, I lose all sense of reason and anything resembling work is shoved to the side. That leaves me in a state of … 

ABULIA (ɘ bōōʹlē ɘ; Psychology) n. – loss of the ability to exercise willpower and make decisions (adj. abulic) [WW #118] 

Beyond that is, deciding which day (or two) to attend the Fair! Which in my case, includes Thursday, June 29^th when Jay & The Americans will Rock us back to the 1960s & ‘70s! The only band to make an appearance in both my books: Blast from Your Past! Book 1 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years 1954-1959, and Book 2 – R&R Radio DJs: The Swinging Sixties!

My bout of abulia will abate by the first week of July. However, I did ignore it long enough to give you another word to mull over in your own state of abulia.

Don’t fight it … give in and put aside the challenge of daily decisions to peruse the benefits of periodic abulia. Like all things that should be experienced in moderation, consider the optimum place and time.to indulge.

Word Challenge: ABULIA. Timing is everything. At the right time and place, fit abulia into your week of self-controlled writings.

Write first for yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle) 

'Til next time ... enjoy a wonderful "wordful" week …

                        

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Wordplay Wednesday™ June 21, 2017 – Lithophyte

A Rogue by Any Other Name … 

Rebels and rogues are alternately victorious and vilified. And often for the same action. But always, they are freethinkers; those who hear music the rest of us ignore or could never pick up on our narrow-minded radar.

This week, we celebrate the courageous and inspiring. Those who dare to take the first step, and do what everyone else said couldn’t happen.

They walk all paths of life, from Marie Skłodowska Curie to Neil Armstrong. From inventors to mountain climbers, or even the rogue in your neighborhood who advocates for positive change. Cheers to courage …

LITHOPHYTE (lithʹɘ fīt’) n. – a plant that grows on rock surfaces. [WW #117]

To boldly grow where no plant has grown before … it’s always startling and somehow inspiring, to see a hardy, determined plant defying the odds to grow strong, stemming from anything but earth.

We can learn from the little plant that could. Though you may be faced with a tough feat, don’t say it can’t be done … just that you have not yet discovered your inner lithophyte.

 

I think I can, I think I can … the endearing children’s story of a train, trudging up and over a daunting mountain, proved oh so long ago … you will never know if you can do something, unless you try. Put the determination of a lithophyte into your life.

Word Challenge: LITHOPHYTE. What can you do this week that will take you out of your comfort zone and stretch your imagination? Make a positive difference in your life, as you fit lithophyte into this week’s courageous writings.

Write first for yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle) 

'Til next time ... enjoy a wonderful "wordful" week …

                        

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