Honor & Trust

Honor and trust... typically synonymous with notions of faith and belief, I meam Webster defines honor as respect and reverence, consideration. Trust, to place confidence in to rely upon.

Have you ever stopped to think about how emotions play a role in how you view words and their meanings, or just symbolism in general? Think about the definition I just stated in regards to honor and trust... when detached from emotion the words are merely what they have been defined to be. Ah, but attach those words to particular people... particular memories and you'll see the meanings shift, sometimes even drastically.

Think of honesty and its meaning... so what about when you think of honesty and the last person you caught in a lie...

What happens when you think of the word faith in regards to something you simply don't believe in...

If you're anything like myself, these terms become tainted and synonymous with "bullshit", completely stripped of their original meanings and notions. Simply because we've incorporated something that drives an emotional response.

So how do we regain the purity in such words?

People often wonder why its so damn hard for people to not carry baggage from one relationship to the next.. why its so damn hard for people to get over something they feel was an injustice... why its just so damn hard to let go.

Well I ask... once corrupted, once stripped of blissful ignorance... is it possible for one to revert back and "re-obtain" innocence?

I was once told "If it doesn't affect eternity, let it go"...

So how do you begin to let go, how do you begin to strip the emotional feelings, the emotional meanings, the emotional lessons... all the emotions period, from the words without risking them becoming, just words???

Okay maybe that sounds slightly ridiculous but think about it; trust, honor, respect, faith... these are more than just words, its not like someone can walk up to you and say "farmer" and evoke the same response, the same emotions. No one longs to gain "palpitations"... and yes I know I'm being extreme but you get the point.

Not every word can stand alone and mean so much...

So how do we regain their innocence???