#speech

Kate McKinnon’s speech to Ellen at the Golden Globes is so adorable, sweet and truly heartfelt. Such a beautiful soul. ❤️

HOMILY for 6th Saturday per annum(II)

James 3:1-10; Ps 11; Mark 9:2-13

“It’s good to talk”. This was the slogan for British Telecommunications. But St James is right to remind us that not all talk is good for when talking we must mind the subject, the content, and the manner of our talk so that all is done well.

So in St Mark’s brief account of the Transfiguration, we may note three kinds of talk: firstly, the holy men of God talking with Christ, which we may call prayer; then the frightened and unnecessary talk of Peter – the kind of talk that we might be tempted to engage in because we’re bored, or distracted, or uncomfortable with silence – and finally, the necessary and salvific talk of God, divine revelation, which points to the Word of God, Jesus Christ. To this talk, we must heed, for the sake of our salvation.

But how might we speak to God or about God? How are we to guard our tongues when talking to one another – and I admit I am not the most watchful in this regard. I turn, therefore, to the advice given by St Francis de Sales, a Doctor of the Church and spiritual master who was renowned for the gentleness and sweetness of his talk. He begins: “Doctors diagnose a man’s state of health by looking at his tongue; and our words are true indications of the state of our soul: Thy words, says our Lord, will be matter to acquit or mater to condemn thee.”

Then, concerning talking about God, he says: “If you truly love God… you will speak of him in conversation with your family, your friends, and neighbours… As the mouth of the bee is only used for honey, so should your tongue be ever honeyed, as it were, with God, while you are never more happy than when you have his praise on your lips… But always speak of God as of God; in other words, with reverence and devotion, with love and humility… Let fall, as far as possible, the delicious honey of devotion, drop by drop, now in the ear of one, now in the ear of another; praying secretly in your soul that God may let it sink into their hearts/ Above all do this with gentleness and kindness; not as though correcting them, but by inspiring them; for it is wonderful how powerfully hearts are moved when goodness is set before them in a fair and lovely guise.”

Concerning our talk and conversation, St Francis de Sales says: “Be very careful never to say anything unseemly, for though your intention may be good your hearers may take it otherwise… Nothing is so opposed to charity, and more to devotion, as contempt and scorn for those about us. Derision or mockery always involves contempt and so is gravely sinful… But with regard to what we say in fun and with innocent humour, this pertains to the virtue which the Greeks called eutrapelia… by means of which we derive friendly amusement from humorous situations which arise from human imperfections; but we must be very careful lest this degenerate into mockery.”

Finally, he calls us to be careful not to rashly judge others’ actions, for “as bees in misty or cloudy weather retire to the hive and concern themselves with the honey, so the thoughts of the virtuous are restrained from inquiry into hidden matters or the obscure actions of those about them, and instead are concerned with good resolutions for their own amendments; to concern ourselves with examining the lives of others betokens a futile mind.”

Therefore, coming down from the Mount of the Transfiguration, when the Lord speaks of the suffering and death we must endure, we might also consider the mortifications we can apply to ourselves, through the merits of Christ’s Passion and Cross. Certainly, for many of us today, it can be mortifying to hold our tongues, to guard our words, and to talk well. For it’s not just good to talk, but we must speak good and speak well. In this regard, may Our Lady pray for us!

Today I finally decided to teach myself why in-fans means incapable of speech, and I learned what was left out of my (very, very abbreviated) Latin instruction: fārī is a deponent verb for ‘to say’ or speak, for in the 1st person sing, and is the source of fatum, fama, fabula, praefatio, and presumably a million other things. (Not, interestingly, forum, which is from foris (door, gate).

So it was thanks to the manner in which our bodies are organized that our mind, like a musician, struck the note of language within us and we became capable of speech. This privilege would surely never have been ours if our lips had been required to perform the onerous and difficult task of procuring nourishment for our bodies. But our hands took over that task, releasing our mouths for the service of speech.

–Gregory of Nyssa, Treatise on the Creation of Man

The best ending to Bethesda style open world games is always as follows:

“I’m gonna fight you!”

“(Speech 100) No you aren’t.”

“Shit, yeah, you’re right.”

*Slideshow ending*

To the people who say to combat the fear of public speaking by picturing everyone naked:

WALKING INTO A ROOM OF NAKED PEOPLE IS LITERALLY ONE OF MY WORST NIGHTMARES

HOW DOES THAT MAKE IT BETTER?!????

I would rather do public speaking

tipsforlanguagelearning:

spanishskulduggery:

Explainingacá andahí would be a lot easier if English still used “hither” and “thither”.

Likeaquí is “here”, and acáis “hither”. Where “hither” means “over here” or “closer”; different from “here” which is an actual place, while “hither” is a direction.

Andallí is “there” but ahí can be “thither” which is “towards that place” or “over there” like you’re pointing.

Andallá is “all the way over there” or “yon(d)” or “yonder”.

If you study Spanish long enough you’ll understand “Olde” English a whole lot more because they weren’t as different once upon a time.

hither is “to here”. thither is “to there”. whither is “to where”. in other words, it’s “accusative case”, which shows direction to(wards) a new place or shows what the verb is inflicting itself upon. some people do still use “thither, whither” and so on today, but otherwise you can find them in books from 100+ years ago.

come hither = come to here = come to me (because “here” is where the speaker is). however in the past we could also have said “come thither = come to there=i’ll come over there (to get to where you are), “we’ll arrive there”. it’s something like:

here, there, yon, where?
hither, thither, yonder, whither?

(japanese: koko, soko, asoko, doko? koko e, soko e, asoko e, doko e?
swedish: här, där, där borta, var?
hit, dit, dit bort, vart?
esperanto: ĉi tie, ĉi tienetc.)

(and guess where the “yond” in “beyond” comes from?)

it’s the same as “who, whom, whose” “i, me, my”, “thou thee thy”. nowadays we can still say “says he, he says” and it means the same thing despite the difference in word order (we can’t switch “red cat, cat red” or “i eat, eat i” around now can we?).

this is because in the past we could simply say “says him,him says” if we wanted to say “says to him” for example, and the word “to” wasn’t necessary. ”i love you, i hit him”- love and hit are also verbs just like “says”, but we don’t say “i love to you” now do we? (this is because “you” is actually the form in question as well - we should be saying “ye, you, your” and not simply “you, your”).

we have the same difference in a few more words but i can’t be bothered to write about them since i’ve already done it somewhere elsewhere.

in general it’s good to know how your own language works before you go on to learn another language, but as we don’t seem to ever be taught it, it would be good if the textbooks for learning foreign languages taught things properly as they came up… that’s why i have to write textbooks…

People were led to believe that Trump wrote his eerily nationalistic Inaugural speech after posting this photo on Twitter a few days before the Inauguration:

Butaccording to The Wall Street Journal, Trump’s speech was written by his two aids: Steve Bannon (executive chairman of the extremely right-wing “news” page Breitbart) and Stephen Miller (infamously worked for racist Jeff Sessions who may be appointed for Attorney General).

We can’t trust a word Trump (or his wife) says to the public.

“There’s a story in your voice
both by damage and by choice.
It tells of promises and pleasure,
and a tale of wine and woe,
the uneasy time to come,
and the long way ’round we go to get there.”

—Elvis Costello and Lucinda Williams

(These are the remarks as originally written, for a speech to public media broadcasters at AAJA’s National Convention in Atlanta. I was drinking Corona from a glass and…

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Birth Family

• Multi-faceted dynamics within the birth family
• Grew up in a family with multiple siblings and relatives
• May have “two families” involving step parents and/or step siblings
• Social and communicative relationship with members of early family
• Observant toward the lives of everyone in the birth family
• Enjoys having a light hearted relationship with individual family members
• Posses fickle or superficial interactions involving parents, siblings and relatives
• Ruminate or have negative thoughts concerning the early family life experience

Early Childhood Teachings

• Being young at heart and energetic was encouraged
• Fostered to be mentally driven, utilize curiosity, and observe
• Be logical, rational and adaptable in how life is approached
• Versed that being skillful in many areas opens doors of possibility
• Encouraged to be savvy, develop mechanical skills and be industrious
• The teachings perhaps were scattered or lacked true defining focus

Value System

• Values intelligence, mental curiosity, learning, and knowing a variety of things
• Means of communication such as speaking, writing are held in high regard
• Communicates openly about values and things that are deeply valued
• Knows using cleverness, cunning and savvy to get ahead is important
• Acknowledges the importance of having skills and a variety of interests
• Value is placed in remaining flexible and adaptable to the speed of life

Gained Assets

• Is Savvy when it comes to generating resources or capital
• Intelligence, logic and cleverness is used to make money
• uses a scientific approach and observational skills to figure out how to make a buck
• Adapts and responds to the needs of the moment and remains versitile to be employable
• Uses social connections and communication means to help make money (networking, help find work)
• Seek ways to make money from multiple sources to have a continuous revenue stream
• Uses mechanical and dexterous skills as a main way to generate resources
• Communicates often about the subjects of making money and creating resources

Spent Assets

• Uses mental aptitude and intelligence when looking to spend money
• Skillful when it comes to spending money; might use plans and budgets in spending
• Adapts to circumstances win life with spending. Savvy with when to save or spend
• Observant in the best ways to spend money aka deal hunting and finding sales
• Speaks and writes often concerning matters of spending
• Could potentially lack purpose in spending habits
• Copies others who spend money, feeling motivated to spend as well
• Feels anxious when spending money, possibly refraining from spending
• Could be deceptive about spending habits, likely to mask irresponsible spending habits

Possessions

• Loves reading or writing about things that are owned or intriguing to purchase
• Use mental savvy, observation skills and curiosity to learn about possessions
• Logic and rational thinking is used to bring in things to possess
• Over the life can own a variety of things leading to huge collections
• Could have a feeling of nervousness and anxiousness concerning possessions
• Want to something just to copy and keep up with others
• Could possibly deceive others to bring something into possession
• Possibly be flighty and have short attention span with a possession, leading to purchasing new things
• Own things connected to a Mercurial nature
• Possess books, encyclopedias, an amazon kindle, magazines or subscriptions to newspapers
• Engage in owning items that connect them socially through technology
• Such can include cell phones, computers, tablets or other such technology devices that allow them to blog, communicate or write

Speech

• Quick and energetic speech
• Clever, cunning and adaptable when coming across
• Could be particularly logical and rational when it comes to speaking
• Skillful when speaking, AKA knowing when is the right time to speak
• Humorous and comical musings can come out often in speech
• Speaks romantically, flirtatiously and sexually
• Anxious and nervous about speaking, holding one back from speaking (or talking anxiously)
• Copycat speech, joins in with others, parrots things back
• Short attention span when speaking (maybe only in short bursts)

What Goes into the Mouth

• Enjoys using the mental intelligence concerning what goes into the math
• Seeks to be well informed and very observant when it comes to eating
• Looks into these scientific side of food consumption (calories, ingredients, etc)
• Loves indulging in a variety of kinds of food, Curious about trying anything
• Eating can be a means that “helps them feel young”
• Communicate and speak often over the subject of eating
• Eats when nervous or anxious
• Copycat eating tendencies.  Aka “I’ll have what he/she is having.”

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Birth Family

• Natural relationship with the family of birth
• The family simply acted like a family unit as expected
• The experience with the family is likely pleasant and easy going
• Solid and stable sums up the experience with the birth family
• (can be modified by other planets, influences on 2nd House)

Early Childhood Teachings

• Traditionally down to earth values we’re expressed
• Educated on how to survive the real worlds
• Taught value of patience and endurance to find success
• Trained about money and finances
• Instructed in the world of materialism, sensualities and comfort

Value System

• Down to earth value systems
• Values stability, routine, and dependability
• Security, finances and ownership are very important
• Values work hard and being productive
• Sensualities and art are of high significance

Gained Assets

• Realizes the importance money plays in life
• Achieving financial security is paramount
• Works hard productively to build financial resources
• Exercises persistence and patience in building assets
• Main reason to make money is to support the family unit
• Intuitive with business and knowing how to make a buck
• Uses money made and reinvests it to build a business
• Pushes to make money to support materialistic desires
• Finds stability and feels solid having routine income
• Possibly settles for complacent situations to make money
• Can be overly greedy and work to exhaustion to bolster resources

Spent Assets

• Spends resources on survival means (food, expenses, etc)
• Money can be spent to take care of family
• Strong sense of the value of what to spend money on
• Enjoys owning possessions that have lasting value
• Money is spent toward material and sensual pleasures
• Prone to collecting items just for their future financial worth
• Can have issues spending money just for sake of spending
• Resources can be spent selfishly on own needs and values

Possessions

• Simply feels pleasure owning things
• Owning things satisfies materialistic desires
• Very patient and enduring to get things that are wanted
• Love to own things for the comfort they bring
• Wish to possess things for the sensual enjoyment value
• Prone to spend lots of financial resources on luxuries
• Capable of owning a solid collection of things over years
• Building collections of sensual things like clothes, arts
• Owns practical things for day to day living like food, real estate, etc.

Speech

• Easy going speaking style, pleasant voice
• Laid back and comfort style with words
• Sensual and artistic voice
• Romantic tones in the speaking style
• Patient and waits for the right time to assert speech
• “Frugal style of speech” lacking wordiness

What Goes into the Mouth

• Eats to survive and loves eating for pleasure
• Slow eater, loves indulging every bite
• Sensual foods that taste good are preferred
• Eats healthy and things from the earth (grown)
• Enjoys predictable foods, may resist different things
• Picky and stubborn, probably turns down new foods

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Birth Family

• Inspiring toward members of the birth family
• Maintain a gain sense of independence away from family
• Could be insensitive and lack patience with birth family
• Competitive and wanting to win against birth family members
• Arguments and disagreements with the members

Early Childhood Teachings

• Taught the importance of being independent and self sufficient growing up
• Living life by passions was embedded in early life
• Informed to always be incisive, go with your impulse, and take action
• Trained to be relentless in life and always go get what you want
• Expressing was encouraged by the family environment
• Narrow minded teachings have been a key theme in the early life

Value System

• Always fight for what you believe in
• Want to be aggressive, compete and win
• Go with impulses and what inspires in the heat of the moment
• Work towards being enterprising and pioneering

Gained Assets

• Ambitious and Self Motivated in Pursuit of making money
• Achieving financial independence is very important
• Very competitive and passionate with making money and wants to be number 1
• Takes the lead being assertive in trying to make money
• Pursues pioneering efforts and shows courage by creating a business
• React quickly to situations where turning a quick dollar is possible
• Show impatience with making money
• Could take foolish risks and crash and burn in financial opportunities
• Show resilience to get

Spent Assets

• Inspired very easy to spend income on things
• Self motivated and spends on things of passionate interest
• Ambitious and Competitive with spending money
• Tendency to be impulsive and careless with spending habits
• Trouble saving money due to reckless spending habits
• Gets into “financial accidents”
• Occurs financial debts, bounces back accounts
• Narrow Minded and selfish in spending habits
• Arguments and fights pertaining to how money is spent

Possessions

• Pursue owning anything that is of self interest
• Loves the chase and passionate thrill of ownership
• own items that are extremally ambitious to attain like rare items
• Competes with others over possessions, perhaps having to copy and own what they do
• owns things are related to the nature of ruling planet Mars
• May like to own things that are of a military nature like guns, swords, knives,
• war movies, books
• Can own items related to sports like sporting equipment or sports memorabilia

Speech

• Expressive and passionate speech
• Inspires others through speech
• A majority of speech can be influential, trying to help
• Self Motivated speaker, speaks only when feels right
• Competes through speech. Turns into debate.
• Argumentative and possibly angry tone
• Speech may be relentless
• Possibly say things impulsively without thinking
• Foolish or reckless with speech, Possibly lie or overexaggerate

What Goes into the Mouth

• Passionate about eating
• Courageous and will try anything almost once
• Aggressive eater. Probably finishes portions fast.
• Eats first at the dinner table. May not wait for others.
• Prefers hot and fiery types of foods
• Eats on an impulse with no questions asked
• Fan of Competitive eating

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