Gaining or Losing Words
Glocalization, Apogee, and Binary are three newer words for me. The spell check on this computer has told me that the first word listed is not in its data bank. The other two are alright. I have been working on understanding the words as they popped into my world after reading articles that have included them to describe a new world to me. The words tickled my brain I think.
Glocalization – the creation of products or services intended for the global market, but customized to suit the local culture.
Apogee – the point in the Moon's orbit that is farthest from the Earth.
Binary – consisting of or indicating two parts.
The content of the articles I was reading described places and ideas that I had not yet considered in my small world. It was fun reading and then understanding. It was a sense of accomplishment to take in some new and with some ease to be able to understand. It was neat to challenge myself to take the lead into a new area that I had never been before. Reading does that for me. Memory is there supporting all that I take into my small world.
I write today because they are two other words that are taken for granted by a majority of us. ‘Reading’ and ‘Memory’ are two great friends that I have right now. Some of my other friends moved on or deserted me for different reasons – but these two are old and faithful in our relationship.
Two men came into focus in my world recently. One cannot read and the other cannot remember.
The one that cannot read knows the words and uses them in his language to some extent. However, because he cannot read he can only use the words that he has memorized. His world is then limited by what he has experienced and heard from other people. He will come to a quick halt in many categories that have not been a part of his life. When he speaks with me the discussion is simple and sometimes a struggle for him. He will fight to stay focused when we begin pushing the edge of his limits of vocabulary.
The other cannot remember. His short term memory is now sporadic. It has great holes in its ability to form strings of words. As we were speaking he began a sentence to describe something that had taken place for him. He had tried to describe how much fun a certain activity was for him and how much he had enjoyed doing this activity each week. The conversation was good between the two of us until the words were gone. The sentence hung there in mid air as the words could not be retrieved and inserted where they should be.
Both men are brilliant. Through out their lives they have done good things and accomplished much in their own worlds. The first one is a great mechanic. He can take a car apart and put back together with ease. In fact he can take apart anything that has been made and find the problem without knowing the correct words of the broken or worn parts on the machine. The second one was involved through out his life using words to teach others. He had many times helped men like his illiterate friend learn how to read. He had been king of memory issues. Scrabble was his greatest game ever…few people could hold a candle to him.
I don’t know about you, but I love my words. This medium of words on a Blog is restrictive to a huge part of the world around me. The men and women that cannot read will miss this entirely. The other group of people with memory issues will not be able to handle the computer and even turn it on. For them the TV remote is a mountain to climb let alone Windows 98, Windows XP or Windows Vista.
Someone asked me of the things I do with Blogging. They questioned why. After I gave my answer about touching an unseen world…they looked puzzled and declared that it certainly wouldn’t be their cup of tea. They could not comprehend the ‘typing part’ of all those words. Oddly their question was a technical one… “How fast can you type?” When my answer was “Not very fast – in fact it is painfully slow…very slow.. only using two or three sometimes up to four fingers at the most…” they were even more confused.
I Blog because I can and I love the use of words. The words are inside me and simply bubbling to get out. They are surrounding ideas that are tumbling over one another to describe deep feelings that plunge headlong to the front of my mind – fighting for a way to get loose. Some of them cannot be released for fear of causing damage. Others are free to do their thing. Then still others stumble out and hurt people when they are freed.
I write because some day I won’t be able to do so. There may well come a time when it will not be possible to direct the thoughts and find the words.
My prayer is…
“Please God, give me just one more time to be able to use the words, the wonderful words. Let these words be words that will challenge and inspire. Let them be words that will help and not hinder… and if they have let there be more words that will take the place of the first to heal the broken places. Thanks God for words… Your friend, Murray”
~ Pastor Murray Lincoln ~
Glocalization – the creation of products or services intended for the global market, but customized to suit the local culture.
Apogee – the point in the Moon's orbit that is farthest from the Earth.
Binary – consisting of or indicating two parts.
The content of the articles I was reading described places and ideas that I had not yet considered in my small world. It was fun reading and then understanding. It was a sense of accomplishment to take in some new and with some ease to be able to understand. It was neat to challenge myself to take the lead into a new area that I had never been before. Reading does that for me. Memory is there supporting all that I take into my small world.
I write today because they are two other words that are taken for granted by a majority of us. ‘Reading’ and ‘Memory’ are two great friends that I have right now. Some of my other friends moved on or deserted me for different reasons – but these two are old and faithful in our relationship.
Two men came into focus in my world recently. One cannot read and the other cannot remember.
The one that cannot read knows the words and uses them in his language to some extent. However, because he cannot read he can only use the words that he has memorized. His world is then limited by what he has experienced and heard from other people. He will come to a quick halt in many categories that have not been a part of his life. When he speaks with me the discussion is simple and sometimes a struggle for him. He will fight to stay focused when we begin pushing the edge of his limits of vocabulary.
The other cannot remember. His short term memory is now sporadic. It has great holes in its ability to form strings of words. As we were speaking he began a sentence to describe something that had taken place for him. He had tried to describe how much fun a certain activity was for him and how much he had enjoyed doing this activity each week. The conversation was good between the two of us until the words were gone. The sentence hung there in mid air as the words could not be retrieved and inserted where they should be.
Both men are brilliant. Through out their lives they have done good things and accomplished much in their own worlds. The first one is a great mechanic. He can take a car apart and put back together with ease. In fact he can take apart anything that has been made and find the problem without knowing the correct words of the broken or worn parts on the machine. The second one was involved through out his life using words to teach others. He had many times helped men like his illiterate friend learn how to read. He had been king of memory issues. Scrabble was his greatest game ever…few people could hold a candle to him.
I don’t know about you, but I love my words. This medium of words on a Blog is restrictive to a huge part of the world around me. The men and women that cannot read will miss this entirely. The other group of people with memory issues will not be able to handle the computer and even turn it on. For them the TV remote is a mountain to climb let alone Windows 98, Windows XP or Windows Vista.
Someone asked me of the things I do with Blogging. They questioned why. After I gave my answer about touching an unseen world…they looked puzzled and declared that it certainly wouldn’t be their cup of tea. They could not comprehend the ‘typing part’ of all those words. Oddly their question was a technical one… “How fast can you type?” When my answer was “Not very fast – in fact it is painfully slow…very slow.. only using two or three sometimes up to four fingers at the most…” they were even more confused.
I Blog because I can and I love the use of words. The words are inside me and simply bubbling to get out. They are surrounding ideas that are tumbling over one another to describe deep feelings that plunge headlong to the front of my mind – fighting for a way to get loose. Some of them cannot be released for fear of causing damage. Others are free to do their thing. Then still others stumble out and hurt people when they are freed.
I write because some day I won’t be able to do so. There may well come a time when it will not be possible to direct the thoughts and find the words.
My prayer is…
“Please God, give me just one more time to be able to use the words, the wonderful words. Let these words be words that will challenge and inspire. Let them be words that will help and not hinder… and if they have let there be more words that will take the place of the first to heal the broken places. Thanks God for words… Your friend, Murray”
~ Pastor Murray Lincoln ~
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Monday, July 09, 2007
1 Comments:
I was thinking about not being able to read and it is a scary thought. It would close out so much of the world. I would be lost without this ability. I can’t even fathom what it would be like. I whispered a prayer to our loving Father for these two men and for you Murray. I really appreciate your heartfelt prayer at the end of the blog.
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