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Old 06-07-2011, 08:34 PM
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barb dwyer
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I took the dictionary out and defined 'will'.
Both webster ... and Oxford.

*I* tend to go with Oxford definitions
Webster can be a bit dogmatic for my taste.

Then I looked up 'willful'.

Try it.

You're going to be surprised
at what most people think 'will' is -
when they're in fact
being 'willful'.

It's amazing.

THEN _
I hand wrote the definition
actually the one I liked 'best'
and put it on the fridge.

When I put a word on the fridge
I tend to begin to 'see' the word in action
in the world around me.
I call it 'percolating' on the word
because it's not really a 'meditation'.

Anyway - amazing things happened.

And it gave me a deeper understanding of the word.

An understanding I could relate to
and be comfortable with while within this world.
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