The other day my thoughts rallied around a common word that means beyond sadness, a word that is stuck in the mud of definition, from my point of view. The gentleman that we keep company continues (see, Another of life’s moments; power of candy and Believe) to groan about life’s situation, how de-pressed the world has become, I tend not to agree with him. I smile and a mention about the use of the word de-pressed. Curiosity always seems to always have the power to quiet any soul, he waits for my response, I continue to smile. I replied ”When my husband studied to be an electrician the teaching was; to press a button is to apply pressure putting it to a lower position, while to depressed a button is to release it to the original position”. Now, I know the dictionary defines it differently, personally i think it’s backwards, but the definition taught to my husband makes a lot of sense.

Those who see life as a constant struggle created by their selves or others would seem to me to be in a pressing situation always up against the wall, pressing sadness or doubt up against the soul crushing the life out of their personal living, sounds pressing to me. The media is also known as the press, constantly pressing for information, as of late that pressing attitude has caught up to them. The point is , as crazy as it may sound we should all be de-pressed returned to the ease of life, de-press our emotion returning  the depressed emotion to the original state of joy.

The gentleman smiles at me and takes a moment to think , then replies “Well in that case I am pressed against this wall of life with with all the bull in the world” then stomps off for his daily walk,…..some things never change.

I think that was a sign of agreement as I watch him walk down the drive way grumbling, perhaps we all need to straighten out such definitions, or just motivate ourselves to become de-pressed, releasing the weight off our lives and returning ourselves to our original state it might take awhile, but no one is really pressing the issue……

Just a thought.

love,light,joy

Sona