The Defining

6 April 2009

An Easier Way with Words

Words can sometimes be difficult to define because they can take any meaning at different times , in different situations with different groups of people . It has also been said that meanings are not in words but in people . And people , like me , can have different interpretations and misconceptions of different words such as love , chastity compassion , apathy and opportunism . But through the utilization of subjective , objective , humorous , and essential definitions , I have corrected my misunderstandings on the words love , chastity and opportunism

and , I have gained an improved understanding of the words compassion and apathy

Love is a difficult word to define but I have come to understand it more fully through the subjective definitions of my peers and the objective definitions from a dictionary . At first , I partially understand this word . For me , love is an emotion that cannot be predicted because you will not know when and where it will come or leave you . It happens suddenly . What I know is that it comes in an unexpected way . For instance , you do not feel any love for a person but suddenly you feel this emotion towards that person . The feeling may also disappear at any time without even noticing it . This was how I look at love but I was enlightened about what love is through the subjective definition of my peer Lan Nguyen who says that love comes in all forms . `Love ' can be the security one feels for...