I haven’t defined words here in a long time, but today there are three words swimming around in my head.

honesty, noun. [on-uh-stee]
1. the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
2. truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness.
3. freedom from deceit or fraud.

*This of course begs me to look up the word “deceit”, so…

deceit, noun. [di-seet]
1. the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating

*I like that the word honesty is tied up with freedom in this particular definition. I find a lot of freedom in honesty…

authenticity, noun. [aw-then-tis-i-tee]
1. the quality of being authentic or real; genuineness.

*I strive to be authentic in every thing I do. This word is so important to me…

beauty, noun. [byoo-tee]
1. the quality present in a thing or person that gives intense pleasure or deep satisfaction to the mind, whether arising from sensory manifestations (as shape, color, sound, etc.), a meaningful design or pattern, or something else (as a personality in which high spiritual qualities are manifest).
2. a beautiful person
3. a beautiful thing, as a work of art or a building.

*At the moment, I am doing my best to find beauty in everything…and when I try, I often succeed. And this makes me so happy…

There are two words of the day…

val·ue noun

1. relative worth, merit, or importance.
2. monetary or material worth, as in commerce or trade.
3. equivalent worth or return in money, material, services, etc.
4. estimated or assigned worth.
5. import or meaning; force; significance.
6. liking or affection; favorable regard.
7. to consider with respect to worth, excellence, usefulness, or importance.
8. to regard or esteem highly.

Today I took a big step forward in valuing myself and my talents.

per·ver·si·ty noun
1. the state or quality of being perverse.
2. an instance of this.

per·verse adjective
1. willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
2. characterized by or proceeding from such a determination or disposition.
3. wayward or cantankerous.
4. persistent or obstinate in what is wrong.
5. turned away from or rejecting what is right, good, or proper; wicked or corrupt.

per·ver·sion noun
1. the act of perverting.
2. the state of being perverted.
3. a perverted form of something.
4. any of various means of obtaining sexual gratification that are generally regarded as being abnormal.

Red, 6″ Platform Heels. A Pink and Black Fishnet Bustier. The Right Music and a Pole. What’s your perversion?

sab·o·tage
n.

1. Treacherous action to defeat or hinder a cause or an endeavor; deliberate subversion.
2. Destruction of property or obstruction of normal operations, as by civilians or enemy agents in time of war.

Why is it that a person will often sabotage themselves. Life is good. Things are going along smoothly and then, BAM! ~ they go and do something they know will mess stuff up. Silly, really, but oh so common…

pas.sion [pash-uhn]
-noun.
1. any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.
2. strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor.
3. strong sexual desire; lust.
4. an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire.
5. a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire.
6. a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything.
7. the object of such a fondness or desire.
8. an outburst of strong emotion or feeling.
9. violent anger.

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rage [reyj]
-noun.
1. angry fury; violent anger.
2. a fit of violent anger.
3. fury or violence of wind, waves, fire, disease, etc.
4. violence of feeling, desire, or appetite: the rage of thirst.
5. a violent desire or passion.
6. ardor; fervor; enthusiasm: poetic rage.
7. the object of widespread enthusiasm, as for being popular or fashionable

Perhaps this is why there is such a thing as a crime of passion…

Have these become bad words or something? Or are we just afraid of labels?

girl.friend n.
1. A favored female companion or sweetheart. 2. A female friend. 3. A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved.

Which begs me to also look up…

boy.friend n.
1. A favored male companion or sweetheart. 2. A male friend. 3. A male lover.

**Why under girlfriend does it not say, “A female lover”?

They say: “Oh, you’re girlfriend is coming to the show tonight…”
You say: “She’s not my girlfriend.”
They reply: “Yes she is!”

They say: “Oh, you’re going out with your boyfriend…”
You say: He’s not my boyfriend.”
They reply: “Yes he is!”

Is it true, or is it just fear talking?