Gratuitous Gratitude and Appreciation

I would like to take this opportunity to initiate some gratuitous gratitude.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you felicity and festivity at this time of family and feasting!

Thank you for everything, and pass the gratitude all around!

Felicity--n. 1.the quality or state of being happy; 2. something that causes happiness; 3. pleasing faculty in the art of language. From Latin.
Festivity--n. special celebration; conviviality; festive activity. From Latin.

Gratitude--n. thankfulness. From Latin.
Gratuitous--adj. free, unwarranted. Latin, again.

Persist

Persistence is the word of the day. My instructor, Dr. Richard Harte, has conducted studies on this and has found that the difference between those who acheive goals and those who don't is ... drumroll please ...



Persistence!



What a surprise!



The fortunate thing is that you can increase motivation and persistence using hypnotism or self-hypnosis.

I will be speaking at the Tarpon Springs Public Library about how to achieve your goals, specifically your New Year's Resolutions on January 3, 2008.

Yes it is almost 2008!!!

Haiku Attempt

I wish I could write

simple elegant haiku.

Flash of Brilliant Truth.

Penury

Penurious and plutocratic are words from Wattle’s Science of Wealth. I didn’t expect this book to be a more elaborate form of “thots are things!” The language is quite lofty, though it requests that everyone take its scientific principals on faith. But if we heard Edison or Marconi expound on electromagnetic principles, we would certainly accept their statements as truth, because we would presume that they had done the scientific research personally.

Penury--n. poverty or frugality. From Latin.

Plutocratic--adj. having to do with government by the wealthy. It has nothing to do with the (former) planet or Roman God, Pluto, as I suspected. It comes from Greek!

Grandiloquence--n. lofty or pompous eloquence. From Latin.

Ulterior Motives

Does everyone have an ulterior motive?

ulterior--adj. 1. lying beyond or outside the area of interest. 2. lying beyond what is evident or avowed; especially, concealed intentionally so as to deceive.

ultimate--adj. 1. final, conclusive, comprehensive, 2. fundamental, elemental. 3. Of the greatest or most significance.

ultimatum--n. final statement of terms.

penultimate--adj. next to last.



These are all Latin I'd venture. Yes! All from ultimare, a verb meaning to come to an end.



My transparent ulterior motive is to inspire eloquence. Latin, again.



What is plain speaking called? Honesty, forthrightfulness?



I just love eloquent language!

Post Script

P.S. stands for Post Script, which is Latin for After writing. That's why we use it in letters to add something when the message has already been completed.