Remembering...

By Vichara


While we mourn we must also celebrate the person who is no longer physically here. Their laughter, their smiles, their words and their wisdom. While we feel the sudden loss, we must also remember their presence, for in it’s wake resonates a memory filled with a life that gave so much to all and will continue to ripple out for many years to come. We are that left when this person leaves the room should hold on to at least one wonderful thought of the person and let that be the candle of love and compassion that you will pass on to others. One good thought that will burn brightly not only for you but for those others looking for inspiration and retain the spirit of the person who has departed in your “heart”.

proliferate • \pruh-LIF-uh-rayt\ • verb
: to grow or increase in number rapidly
Example Sentence:
"As low rates proliferated, lenders fell over themselves to stuff cash in customers' pockets." (Daniel Gross, Newsweek, August 20/27, 2007)
Did you know?
"Proliferate" came about in 1873 as a back-formation of "proliferation." That means that "proliferation" came first (we borrowed it from French in the 1850s) and was later shortened to form the verb "proliferate." Ultimately these terms come from Latin. The French adjective "prolifère" ("reproducing freely") comes from the Latin noun "proles" and the Latin combining form "-fer." "Proles" means "offspring" or "descendants," and "-fer" means "bearing." Both of these Latin forms gave rise to numerous other English words. "Prolific" and "proletarian" ultimately come from "proles"; "aquifer" and words ending in "-ferous" have their roots in "-fer."

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