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Sunday, November 13, 2005

passive


You can make no change being passive, but equally so, you can make no positive change by being violent. We spend too much of our lives being passive and apathetic. Passive is defined below.


Main Entry: 1pas·sive Pronunciation: 'pa-sivFunction: adjectiveEtymology: Middle English, from Latin passivus, from passus, past participle1 a (1) : acted upon by an external agency (2) : receptive to outside impressions or influences b (1) : asserting that the grammatical subject of a verb is subjected to or affected by the action represented by that verb (2) : containing or yielding a passive verb form c (1) : lacking in energy or will : LETHARGIC (2) : tending not to take an active or dominant part d : induced by an outside agency

As scary as it is to think, we're graduating in less than three years. We're all headed either into reality, college, or university. And after that...who knows. But wherever we are, we must make an impact on our worlds. It is our responsibility to make a difference, however small.

(PS: Yay for fontface, where I found the font for the image, "Passive" above. FONT: Impacted.)

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