Language

“At some point in time, the game ends…we cease to use the skills we learned, but we always remember the words we heard.”

Coach Reed maltbie

The language we use has a direct influence on the way we, and those around us, experience life. Would you like to develop your language skills to say what you mean, and mean what you say?

“she broke the vase” … “the vase broke”

Here is a menu of some key words and their meanings for you to consider. Which will you use today?


Starters

belonging
to be part of, a close or intimate relationship

significance
meaning, force, energy, the quality of being important

trust
assured reliance on the character, ability, strength or truth of someone or something. Dependence on something future, hope

positive
real; active and effective; concentrating on what is constructive and good

discipline
to train or develop by instruction and exercise especially in self-control; follower

connection
a joining together; a relation of personal intimacy


Mains

competition
from to strive together for the attainment of something

education
from to bring out or draw forth

community
a unified body of individuals

decide
to make a choice

encourage
to make strong, to hearten; to inspire with courage, spirit or hope

respect
to look back at, to observe; to consider worthy of high regard, to refrain from interfering with


Desserts

emotion
a (social) moving, stirring, agitation; a conscious mental reaction subjectively experienced

sensation
awareness due to stimulation of a sense organ

feeling
to touch or have a sensory experience of; perceive something

contribution
to bring together, to pay; the giving or supplying of something that plays a significant part in making something happen

instruct
to build, arrange, prepare, set in order; to give knowledge to

cooperate
to work together with others to the same end


Definitions sourced from http://www.etymologyonline.com and http://www.merriam-webster.com