I will often say something is grand when it amazes and moves me. While I was in India I met a lovely Irish girl who told me that back home they used grand in a more casual sense, as a way of saying things were essentially "alright". She would chuckle a bit when I said "grand" with wide eyes of excitement. And I would chuckle when she said "grand" to describe something supremely normal.
It got me thinking about how we use words to describe our experiences. The words that were originally provocative and vast become everyday. Which is why we have slang constantly developing, we are always looking for a way to describe circumstances that the old language cannot contain.
It makes me wonder, what if we gave these words their full meaning. What if we said them with all of the power they were meant to contain? Would it be enough?
Life is grand in the sense that it is grandiose. This world is unapologetically extravagant. The colors, the experiences, each individual who is somehow more intricate than a galaxy.
Life is awesome in the sense that it inspires awe. This world leaves us with wide eyes and open jaws, staring in amazement at how much beauty each moment contains.
Life is fantastic in the sense that it is more imaginative than we can ever fully realize. This world contains so much that is "larger than life itself".
Somehow life is more than being alive.
Somehow I am more than a body.
Somehow the beach is more than the water meeting the sand.
And what if we began to allow these words, to allow ourselves, to be what they were always meant to be? What if we opened ourselves up to living larger than life?
It got me thinking about how we use words to describe our experiences. The words that were originally provocative and vast become everyday. Which is why we have slang constantly developing, we are always looking for a way to describe circumstances that the old language cannot contain.
It makes me wonder, what if we gave these words their full meaning. What if we said them with all of the power they were meant to contain? Would it be enough?
Grand (adj): Conceived on an ambitious scale; extravagant.
Awesome(adj): Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring awe.
Fantastic (adj): Imaginative and fanciful; remote from reality.
Life is grand in the sense that it is grandiose. This world is unapologetically extravagant. The colors, the experiences, each individual who is somehow more intricate than a galaxy.
Life is awesome in the sense that it inspires awe. This world leaves us with wide eyes and open jaws, staring in amazement at how much beauty each moment contains.
Life is fantastic in the sense that it is more imaginative than we can ever fully realize. This world contains so much that is "larger than life itself".
Somehow life is more than being alive.
Somehow I am more than a body.
Somehow the beach is more than the water meeting the sand.
And what if we began to allow these words, to allow ourselves, to be what they were always meant to be? What if we opened ourselves up to living larger than life?
