I am not really in a "jubilation" mood--lots of background noise with a potential hurricane hitting The Big Easy and other political storms in that part of the country. However, I am doing my "happiness" inventory and I have much to be grateful for so I am turning my attitude toward the mountain tops and lifting up my spirit to the skies. From that perspective, I share this word with you for today and ask: what are you willing to "shout out about?" I will jubilate about our recent visit to Mt. Lemmon, during summer rains, captured in the picture by my husband/photographer.
jubilate \JOO-buh-leyt\,
verb:
1. To show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
2. To
celebrate a jubilee or joyful occasion.
Though this sudden setback of the plague was as welcome as it was
unlooked-for, our townsfolk were in no hurry to jubilate.
--
Albert Camus, The Plague
This would enable me to jubilate like a normal
person, knowing why.
-- Samuel Beckett, The
Unnameable
Jubilate derives from the Latin word
jūbil- meaning "to
shout."
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