Alternatives and Thankful Thursday

Alternatives is a recurring post in which I give synonyms for an over used word. Click on the tab above for a "complete" list of over used words.

Today's word is:

Energy, it has a gazzilion uses. There's electrical and mechanical energy, spiritual and ethereal energy, or physical and emotional energy, to name a few.

Depending on how you use it, this list may come in handy for finding another way to say the same thing.

active/activity, animated/animation, animating force, application, ardor, aura

ball of fire, beans, birr, bounce, brawn/brawniness, brio, brisk, buoyancy

chi, chipper

dash/dashing, drive, driving force, dynamic/dynamism

ebullience, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, effervescence, electric, electromotive force, élan/élan vital, endurance, enterprise/enterprising, enthusiasm, esprit, exertion, exuberance

feistiness, fervor, fire, firepower, fitness, force/forcefulness, force of life, fortitude, full of life, full of pep

gas, geothermal power, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto

hardihood, health/healthiness, high-powered, horsepower, huskiness, hydroelectricity

inner light, intensity

juice

karma, ki, kinetic

life, life blood, life force, light, lively/liveliness, living force, locomotion

mana, means of propulsion, metal, metal, might, mojo, moxie, muscle

oomph, omnipotence, operativeness

passion, pep, peppy, pizzazz, pluck, potent/potency, potential, power, puissance, punch

sap, Shakti (also Sakti) sinew, snap/snappy, solar energy/solar power/solar radiation, soul, soundness, spark, sparkle, speedy, spontaneity, sprightliness, spirit/spirited/spiritedness, spry, stamina, starch, steam, strength, strong, strong arm, sturdiness

tireless, toughness, tuck

untiring

vehemence, verdure, verve, vibe, vibrancy, vibration, vigor/vigorous, vim, vim and vigor, vinegar, virility, vis vitae/vis vitalis, vital/vitality, vital principle, virtue, vivacity, voltage

weight, wellness, world soul

zeal, zest/zestful, zing/zingy, zip

Here's some lovely calming yet motivating, energy music.

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Every Thursday, from now until I don't know when, I'm going to express my thankfulness, for at least ONE something.

I've chosen a picture of the Deep Field to remind us all of how precious and rare this tiny ball of dirt, that we call Earth, is. 

This is it. It's all we've got Let us be kind to Earth and each other. Let us be THANKFUL for what we have.

Today I'm thankful for my ears and being able to hear. 

Most mornings I do a little yoga on our porch. I start out in meditative prayer, work my way into various asanas (poses) and end in meditative prayer. Doing yoga has proved a great way to focus on things, like sending healing prayers to those in need or giving thanks for being able to hear the cooing of mourning doves, the chatter of sparrows, or even the noise of traffic on the road.

I don't know about you but, during the day I forget about being able to hear. I take it for granted, like breathing or being able to see. I don't think about the delicate, miraculous, intricacies of my inner ear and what it takes for invisible waves to some how be translated by my brain into sound that makes sense.

Today I'm thankful for being able to hear.

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What are you thankful for? Did a particular synonym jump out at you? I like effervescence, it just bubbles with happy, sparkly energy!