Awesome is...
adjective: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
Awe is...
noun: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
noun: a profound emotion inspired by a deity
verb: inspire awe in
Awe is pretty awesome. Do you really think the fact that your BFF has a crush is "awesome"? Or that new iPod? Is that "awesome"? How 'bout the new F150 in the driveway?
Very few things we say are awesome, are really awesome. Things that are really awesome are a child being born, the complexity of the universe, God's creation all around us, and ultimately, God Himself! We've gotten so used to words like "awesome" being used in "un-awesome" context that when we're trying to describe things that really are awesome, we have no words to say. We sit there and stutter and trip over our tongue and finally say, "It's awesome, but not like normal awesome!"
Normal awesome? What the heck is normal awesome? It's an oxymoron, that's what. So often we forget the importance of words, but would it really kill you to say "That's amazing!" It's the exact same amount of letters, and just a syllable longer.
Amazing
adjective: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
adjective: surprising greatly
Now, the word amazing has the same definition as awesome, but it also has another one that does not hold the same intensity as the first. It just seems like a better option, to me.
LOVE
Everybody talks about love. Everybody wants love. Some people to pretty unbelievable things for love. But do we really know what love it? And what do we do with the word the rest of the time? This one the dictionary got wrong, and I'd like to put my own definition of love in here. You can always look up the real definition for yourself, but I'd rather not waste space! :)
Love
verb: Putting someone else's needs above your own (or) seeking another's highest regard at your own expense.
Love it a word that requires an action. I could get into how you can't let the "butterflies in your stomach" love cloud your judgment, but that's another soap box for another day. For now, we're looking some other uses of the word. "Oh... I love this pizza!" "I love your jacket!" "I love the weather today!"
Do you really love it? Would you do anything for it? Or are you going to forget how much you "loved" it ten minutes from now? People say hate is a strong word, but then they throw love around like it's nothing. Using it casually with people (mainly in relationships between boys and girls) can become extremely confusing. "Love ya'!"
Love ya'? Or really really like ya' and that date was fun, but I've only known you for a week?
Now, don't call me a hypocrite if you see me using some of these words myself. I don't really think about it much, and I'm not saying it's a sin to misuse words. But words are very powerful things, and it's good to try save those special words for people who really deserve them.
That's all for now! I will step off my soap box and return to the land of groundwalkers ;) And hopefully next time I can cover love in the context of boy and girl. When does crush and really like go love?
~See ya!
