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By Vichara

The phone rings but you let it go, you’re busy right now. It rings again later but you’re right in the middle of some busy work, let it go to voice mail. Later that evening at home it rings again. You think oh come on, it must be some sales call…you let it go. You finally get a few moments and you pick up all the messages. Waiting for you, they are all the same…beeeep, “hey (put your name here) this is your life here, just calling to say hi, hope you’re doing ok”….beep, “hi (put your name here) your life here again, you might want to call me, you know check in, make sure you’re being cognizant of the world around, love you…beeep, “ok, (put your name here) life here again, you really need to check in with me, there is a great need for you to recognize the “world” out there, we need you…ok, call me…

brandish • \BRAN-dish\ • verb
1 : to shake or wave (as a weapon) menacingly

2 : to exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive manner
Example Sentence:
Protestors showed up on the steps of City Hall, brandishing a petition signed by 500 people demanding that the city not close the public skate park.

Did you know?
Most of the time when we encounter the word “brandish” in print, it is followed by a word for a weapon, such as "knife" or "handgun." That’s appropriate given the word’s etymology: it derives via Middle English “braundisshen” from “brant, braund,” the Anglo-French word for “sword.” Nowadays you can brandish things other than weapons, however. The figurative usage of “brandish” rose alongside its earliest literal usage in the 14th century. When you brandish something that isn’t a weapon (such as a sign), you are in effect waving it in someone’s face so that it cannot be overlooked.