Vocabulary

Our vocabulary changes with the group of people we are with, we use words that have meaning to them. I watch Bones and Dr. Brennan never changes her precise vocabulary. So most people need someone to interpret the words. She also has a hard time understanding pop culture sayings. So she will say, “I don’t know what that means” I love that. She really does want to know.

When I am with my mother who is an artist I have to be aware that the use of picture drives her crazy. Is it a photo, drawing or a painting? To love her I need to know her language. She shows love by giving paintings to us. She shares the beauty she sees, so she is sharing her love.

My husband lives in the world of music and will make references to musicians, types of music and so on. Harmony, hook, cord, melody and fret all mean something to musician. So to understand my husband I have to work on understanding his vocabulary. He will play the Ukulele and sing for me, and I can hear his love.

We all have a certain vocabulary, mine is of a high school teacher. I do not go to work, I go to school. My kids are my students, so if I am talking about my kids I am talking about my students.

Christ gives us a new vocabulary that we add as we grow with him. We are part of the vine. Translation, we are part of his body. Which means what?

At the end of every Bones it shows a drawing of a boy pointing to a tree saying “Whats that mean?” So maybe, when we do not understand something we should ask ourselves whats that mean? to them? to me? I need to say “I don’t know what that means” Maybe we need to understand what is the real meaning of a word, of an action or situation. So that we know what it means to us? Then just maybe the world will start to change. I cannot change all the violence and hatred that is going on. BUT, I can reach out to others, talk to them and ask them what does that mean to you. I want my vocabulary to be one of love and to do that I must know the vocabulary of the individual.