I'm trying my hand again at 6 Word Fridays ... thanks Melissa, as ever, for your inspiration.
WELL. Be well. Well, well, well.
http://www.makingthingsup.com/
Well is a word that reminds
me of "fine" and "fine" isn't
so very "fine" but an excuse
to answer a question meant to
ascertain your state of wellbeing or
my state of wellbeing, but really
"well" is something that can be
endless -- such as the bottom of
a well seems bottomless in its
depth. Well is also a pause
when I don't know what to
say. When I'm confused as to
what I should say next, if
anything at all. Well is what
I feel when I am not ill.
Well is how I described myself
after the divorce, when I was
not fine, or well, or anything
at all. My life felt like
a bottomless well of confusion of
my own making. Now I use
"well" to describe a pit of water
for drinking, but not my feelings.
I am better than "well," I am
Magnificent, Supendous, Excited, Enamoured, Thrilled, Lucky
But not "well" -- I never want
to be "well" ever again, ever.
9 comments:
I love, love, love your post! So wonderful how you wrapped up so many of the meanings of the word "well".
New to blogging...I found you from Making Things Up. I'm glad I did!
Thanks for the delightful read! :)
I agree with Kristi! This is beautiful, Athena. I love how you discuss all the different meanings, and how you equate well with fine. Sometimes it's just easier to tell someone you are doing well, than to give them the full scoop. I'm glad that you are sooo much more than well!
Well...well done!!!
Interesting take. I was thinking along the same lines when I saw the word for this week. Somehow it just doesn't feel all that positive to me either.
may you never be "well" again!
The depths of well. Not fine.
Hooray for feeling magnificent, stupendous, lucky!
I love this. I love the different meanings and I love that you are so much better than well!
I enjoyed the cadence of this post, and I love that you state you are no longer feeling "well" - that you know you are so much more.
Thank you, everyone, so very much. I enjoy taking these words that Melissa is so kind to share and turning them upside down, inside out and back again.
And no, I'm not well. Let me never be well again!
Post a Comment