Dear World...

By Vichara

Dear World, I’m tired of you tripping over the obvious. Most of the time you need to be reminded of what good there is around us at any given moment. There are times yes you might shine but for the most part you like to wallow in the tragedies of the day. You do this because it allows you to avoid the reality that there is indeed good things in the world than bad. The only reason you don’t see this is because that illuminated box that you turn on in the morning in your living room or the one on your desk likes to only focus on the bad news. They do this and it dampens any hope that may exist at the nucleolus of the day. Please stop doing this and give the little lights of hope and compassion a chance to shine a little brighter or we will all force you to have a “time-out” until you realize your bad behavior.

chirography • \kye-RAH-gruh-fee\ • noun
1 : handwriting, penmanship
2 : calligraphy

Example Sentence:
As she leafed through her father's old book, Sheila noted that its margins were filled with annotations made in his distinct chirography.

Did you know?
Some might argue that handwriting is a dying art in this age of electronic communication. Nevertheless, we have a fancy word for it. The root "graph" means "writing" and appears in many common English words such as "autograph" and "graphite." The lesser-known root "chir," or "chiro-," comes from a Greek word meaning "hand" and occurs in words such as "chiromancy" ("the art of palm reading") and "enchiridion" ("a handbook or manual"), as well as "chiropractic." "Chirography" first appeared in English in the 17th century and probably derived from "chirograph," a now rare word referring to a legal document or indenture. "Chirography" should not be confused with "choreography," which refers to the composition and arrangement of dances.