My official word for today, Word Wednesday (I failed, second week in a row, to post on time. I am so very sorry) is COMMUNITY. For some reason this middle of the week post is hard for me to reach and I'm beginning to worry it will become a regular occurrence...I'm going to try REALLY, REALLY hard for a few more weeks to post on time like I'm supposed to, it is called Word WEDNESDAY for a reason, but if not possible, I will reassess if I need to change the date I post. Anyway, my word is COMMUNITY. Let's get to it!
Definition: a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
In Layman's Terms: a whole bunch of people living in the same area. By living in the same area, they tend to share a lot of the same ideas, concerns, or beliefs.
Part of Speech: Noun (take your pick-noun is a person/place/thing and community is a group of people OR it's a thing because it's an idea, a feeling.
Use it in a sentence: Sure!
Definition: a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
In Layman's Terms: a whole bunch of people living in the same area. By living in the same area, they tend to share a lot of the same ideas, concerns, or beliefs.
Part of Speech: Noun (take your pick-noun is a person/place/thing and community is a group of people OR it's a thing because it's an idea, a feeling.
Use it in a sentence: Sure!
- I felt a sense of community upon entering the school every day.
- There was a pool party over the weekend for all the community members.
Synonym: association, society
Antonym: isolation, remote
Now, to explain my reasoning for choosing this word in a little more depth. I had originally chosen this word for last week because of everything going on at home and work and just LIFE, but it still definitely applied this week too, so that's alright. While community means where you live, like the city or area you live in, I'm thinking of it more in the sense of feeling a sense of community, a kinship with the people around me.
This school year has been chaotic, and I think that's a word that just scrapes the surface of how I've been feeling. It's officially October and I feel like I am just now getting my classes in order, which is usually happening at the beginning of September. I'm checking everything off my to-do list every day, we're covering all the bases, I just somehow feel like we're not...settled yet? If that makes sense. Home has been a bit up and down as well. My mom is having some health issues and I've been staying there every weekend for the past month and a half. It's taking a lot out of me.
BUT my feeling of community, feeling that kinship with people around me, it's there. When I explain my stress about classes: I'm not alone, people are listening and giving advice. My family has immediately jumped in to help with my mom, my aunt and uncles stopping by multiple days a week to check on her, my niece (who lives with her) practically taking over all the household chores. I feel a sense of community thinking about the people around me and all they do to help me survive another crazy day.
Now, to explain my reasoning for choosing this word in a little more depth. I had originally chosen this word for last week because of everything going on at home and work and just LIFE, but it still definitely applied this week too, so that's alright. While community means where you live, like the city or area you live in, I'm thinking of it more in the sense of feeling a sense of community, a kinship with the people around me.
This school year has been chaotic, and I think that's a word that just scrapes the surface of how I've been feeling. It's officially October and I feel like I am just now getting my classes in order, which is usually happening at the beginning of September. I'm checking everything off my to-do list every day, we're covering all the bases, I just somehow feel like we're not...settled yet? If that makes sense. Home has been a bit up and down as well. My mom is having some health issues and I've been staying there every weekend for the past month and a half. It's taking a lot out of me.BUT my feeling of community, feeling that kinship with people around me, it's there. When I explain my stress about classes: I'm not alone, people are listening and giving advice. My family has immediately jumped in to help with my mom, my aunt and uncles stopping by multiple days a week to check on her, my niece (who lives with her) practically taking over all the household chores. I feel a sense of community thinking about the people around me and all they do to help me survive another crazy day.
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