Change...

By Vichara

Before external change can happen, internal change must be initiated. Like the stone thrown into a pond of water, the ripples of simple acts of compassion, patience and love you give to yourself will radiate out to those around you pliable to change. Others will receive not all of what you radiate but a fragment will and as it did with you, result in that small impact and ripple out back to you and others.

prolix • \proh-LIKS\ • adjective
1 : unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long
2 : marked by or using an excess of words

Example Sentence:
Legal writing is not always prolix; after all, the word “brief” refers to a legal document, and most judges demand that briefs be brief.

Did you know?
There's no way to talk about "prolix" without being redundant, verbose, and wordy. That's because the word is a synonym of all of those long-winded terms. Of those words, "prolix” is the one most likely to suggest unreasonable and tedious dwelling on details. It derives from “prolixus,” a Latin term meaning "extended" or "copious." “Prolixus" originated from a combination of the prefix “pro-” (which means "forward") and the past participle of “liquēre,” a verb meaning "to be fluid." True to that history, something that is prolix flows