Meaning
I quit searching for meaning
Because I found it in the……
Dictionary
Ta-da
“Meaning
1: the thing one intends to convey
Especially by language (purport)
2: something meant or intended (import)
3: significant quality (aim)
4a: the logical connotation of a word or phrase
4b: the logical denotation or extension of a word or phrase”
– m-w.com
Plus, it is an endless glorious circle
Each word and meaning lead towards
More words and different meanings
Content plus context equals more content
Answering the proverbial question
If you were stuck alone on an island
(Not sure how that will happen)
You get to get to read one book
What on earth would it be
Many people say the Bible
War and Peace or the Illyad
Something lengthy anyway
Not me….
I’d want a digital dictionary
So when someone somewhere
Is making new words
I could read them to
Make up my own stories
Or make the best of my situation
“In the beginning, God created………”
Is not going to help you survive
Which would be the first word to lookup
Survive : to remain alive or in existence
Live : to maintain oneself:
Subsist : to have or acquire the necessities of life
(such as food and clothing)
Acquire : to locate and hold
Food : something that nourishes
Put dictionary down, search for food
Shelter : something that covers or affords protection
Also // We made a shelter from branches
Hmmmm, find branches or maybe a cave
I think one would be hard pressed to suggest that the Bible would be more beneficial than a dictionary to extend your life. Besides, it is a book filled with God, Gods, and God’s words.
“In the beginning, the Word already existed.
The Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:1
I can already hear the doubt, wondering about the digital dictionary, which the battery would die before you could really survive.
Problem solved, would just need to plug it into a “current” bush.
Ingenious! I love that idea, keeping the link with the “living” word so that even in ‘dire straits’ or remote island (I do want to know how you got there) 😉
In addition to your “current” bush (ha!! that’s a good one!) you could probably look up how to solar-power or hydro-power or you’d invent a new way to come up with energy. Humans are crazy like that.
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Even the definition for meaningless is in the dictionary. You would think it would be blank.
Meaningless: ______________
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