The rest is up to you...

By Vichara


You are given your first breath of life at birth; the rest is up to you. You are given love to pass it along; the rest is up to you. You are given inspiration from teachers and family; the rest is up to you. You see the imbalances and injustices of life; the rest is up to you. You can see the results of compassion; the rest is up to you. You witness the impact of hatred, bigotry and conflict; the rest is up to you. You experience the beauty of creating art; the rest is up to you. You feel the unity of friendship and encouragement; the rest is up to you. Your presence here creates opportunities; the rest is up to you.

impecunious • \im-pih-KYOO-nee-uss\ • adjective
: having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless

Example Sentence:
My impecunious uncle, who could not afford to buy his own books, usually ended up borrowing mine.

Did you know?
If "impecunious" means "penniless," then it stands to reason that "pecunious" can describe someone who has a lot of money. That is true, but "pecunious" is used with far less frequency in English than its opposite and is not found in many dictionaries. What's more, on the rare occasion when "pecunious" is put to use in English, it often means not "wealthy" but "miserly or ungenerous," as in "a pecunious attitude toward the less fortunate." "Impecunious" describes somebody who lacks the money to buy necessities, but it does not carry the connotation of desperation found in such words as "indigent" or "destitute." Both "pecunious" and "impecunious" derive via Middle English from the Latin "pecunia," meaning "money."

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