Bad Friday or Good Friday?
You know how it feels. You, or someone you love is hurting so much. No one else could possibly understand this pain. You think “Can this be real? Am I dreaming?” Maybe your closest friend or family member just passed away, and everywhere you look, people are just fine. They’re laughing. They’re carefree. They’re going…
Is “Good Friday” an Oxymoron?
An oxymoron is a figure of speech containing words that seem to contradict each other. Like, “sweet sorrow” as stated by William Shakespeare’s writing in Romeo and Juliet, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” “Good Friday” and “sweet sorrow”, go hand and hand this day. To put it plainly, shouldn’t this day be called Bad Friday…
Need Motivation? Attend a Good Funeral
That may sound like an oxymoron, a figure of speech containing words that seem to contradict each other, like “motivation and good” combined with “funeral”. Four motivational, good funerals were those I attended in the last four months because each one was a celebration of life of those who positively impacted the lives of their…