Dedicated to an old and stoic friend, Tim Rowbottom.
The essence of a stoic athlete is that they will move well irregardless of external influences.
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To be uneducated is to experience misfortune. To begin ones education is to make the attempt. To be accepting of oneself and others shows that ones education is Complete.
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A couple are having a discussion about the shopping list, and the emotional one says,
“We can’t afford to buy the almond milk you’ve put on the shopping list.”
The rational one says,
“Here’s the extra $4 we need for the two litres of almond milk.” – handing over the cash.
The emotional one throws the $4 of coins onto the floor stating,
“You’re not listening to me, we cannot afford the almond milk!”
The rational one hands over another $4,
“We certainly can afford the almond milk, you’ve got an extra $8 for it now, please add the almond milk to the shopping list.”
The emotional one grabs the additional $4 and throws that on the ground also,
“Don’t you be pedantic with me! We just cannot afford the almond milk and no amount of money is going to change that!”
“I will be pedantic, because pedantic means academically correct, thus it is academically correct that with that additional $8 i’ve just handed over we can indeed afford the two litres of almond milk I requested.”
“You’re not listening to ME! WE CANNOT AFFORD THE ALMOND MILK!”
The rational one pauses, takes a long deep breath and states,
“Can you please envisage any situation in which I can have the two litres of almond milk this week?”
“What’s that supposed to mean? You are so confusing.”
Later the following day the rational one looks in the cupboard and finds ONE litre of almond milk.
“What the naff? I want my $6 back, i paid for two litres of almond milk and gave you $8, and since each litre is $2, I want my $6 back.”
“See, you never listen to me, I already told you we cannot afford the almond milk. Don’t talk to me, you’re so rude.”
[sighing] “Ok, i’m going fishing.”
“You’re always going fishing, that’s the reason why we never have enough money for extras you want in the shopping. If you worked harder instead of fishing all the time, we’d have more money.”
Gone Fishing, image by david jarvis 2022.
copyright 2022, david jarvis all rights reserved.
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These are not exhaustive antonyms, just single incidences, feel free to use a quality dictionary like Macquarie or Merriam Webster or Oxford to discover more.
In the process of optimising ones language usage and our personality it is useful to consider the opposite meanings of various words, emotions and concepts. For instance if one is feeling “anxious” then one should aim to consider serene things. If one is feeling angry, then one could aim to consider calm things. Certainly anxiety has value, as does anger, however when particular emotions become maladaptive and destroy our lifestyle by bounding it too severely, we should voluntarily seek ways forward to adapting more appropriately to the emotions we are experiencing. If you are a worry wart, then what is the antonym to “worry”?
Anxiety antonym is Serenity.
Hate antonym is Love.
Stress antonym is Relaxation.
Anger antonym is Calmness.
Doubt antonym is Confidence.
Weakness antonym is Robustness.
Futile antonym is Efficacious.
Stupid antonym is Intelligent.
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Ignorant antonym is Educated.
Illiterate antonym is Literate.
Unimaginative antonym is Clever.
Lowbrow antonym is Pedantic.
Uncultured antonym is Tasteful.
Inconsiderate antonym is Courteous.
Worry antonym is Soothe.
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Please consider antonyms and synonyms for enhancing your language and wellbeing, regards, daj.
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