Terminology
- Adversary
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An equal (or near equal) whose intentions and manifest behaviours and actions run diametrically opposite to one’s own.
- Busy
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That excuse given to an individual who is deemed less important than other matters at hand.
- Charity
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The act of giving disadvantageously under no pressure from anybody— or one’s own ego.
- Expectation
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Someone’s perception of a need and as such, is malleable.
- Focus
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The ability to bring into consciousness the workings of one region of the brain while shutting out the rest.
- God
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The Supremeness by which all things beyond the realm of human logic can be explained.
- Love
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To be defined.
- Leverage
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Use {something|someone} for a more gainful result
- Marriage
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A commitment of much significance that must never be made in front of a barrel of a shotgun, under the influence of alcohol, or on top of a long but tedious engagement.
- Problem
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Exists when there is a discrepancy between what is desired and what currently exists.
- Politics
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Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. (Bierce)
- Reality
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The definitive state of affairs.
- Regret
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A waste of time. {from The Thomas Crown Affair}
- Respect
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The virtue of recognising and accepting another person’s position without necessarily compromising one’s own.
- Truth
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A commodity that can be sold, bought and even manufactured. It is only as useful as how it is perceived by the people to which it is offered. see Reality.
- Work-Life Balance
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A state of living wherein the activities in one are indistinguishable from the activities in the other.