“삶이란 결국 쳇바퀴를 도는 거야. 믿는 자와 믿지 않는 자, 둘 다 결국 쳇바퀴 속에 살아가는 거지. 다만 믿는 자에겐 매일의 일상 속에서 영원한 소망을 찾을 수 있는 능력이 주어진 거고.” — Someone I love
african penguin with friend
(photo by nancy chan)
This is one awesome duo!
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1. Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn’t mean anything else.
2. Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don’t implement promises, but keep them.
3. Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean “More people died” don’t say “Mortality rose.”
4. In writing. Don’t use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the thing you are describing. I mean, instead of telling us a thing was “terrible,” describe it so that we’ll be terrified. Don’t say it was “delightful”; make us say “delightful” when we’ve read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers, “Please will you do my job for me.”
5. Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say “infinitely” when you mean “very”; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
” —C. S. Lewis on writing, joining other sage writing advice from Kurt Vonnegut, Billy Wilder, Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Henry Miller, and David Ogilvy.
More on the power of simple words.
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Lord,
I pray that You would work through my plain words —
let there be peace
let there be miracle
let there be You mending a heart
challenging it to make a decision
though it may be afraid
I pray that You would work through my plain words —
let there be the workings of the Holy Spirit
protect the heart from the enemy’s attacks
shield the heart from the enemy’s lies
guard the heart from the enemy’s weapons
please, Lord
I call upon you and come and pray to You
so listen to me, my God (Jeremiah 29:12).
(Source: theyuniversity)
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This is great.
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adelie penguins
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