“She was here on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment and to call each thing by its right name, or,
if this were not within her power, to give birth out of love for life to successors who would do it in her place.”
— Boris Pasternak, Dr Zhivago
Can you imagine how our world might change.
If we called each thing by its right name.
Imagine if we ceased to say,
“I love you”.
And called this thing by its right name.
Today.
Look your beloved in the eye.
Do not say,
“I love you”.
Say instead,
“I give you”.
“I yield you”.
Would those words be true for you?
When. What. Why.
Do you give?
Why. What. When.
Do you yield?
Would it be more honest of you to say,
“I take you”.
“I resist you”.
Be sure.
To call each thing by its right name.