Having My Say

Vicariously….

They say as you get older you need to exercise your brain so it doesn’t go soft. In that light this new category just popped into my head so I thought I would give it a try.  We all need to learn, or maybe re-learn, new words. So here is the word for today

vi·car·i·ous

[vahy-kair-ee-uhs, vi-]

–adjective 

1. performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.

2. taking the place of another person or thing; acting or servingas a substitute.

3. felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others: a vicarious thrill.

4. Physiology . noting or pertaining to a situation in which oneorgan performs part of the functions normally performed byanother.

I am thinking mostly of number three.  That is we often live our dreams through the experiences of others. I have to admit that I am a junkie when it comes to the TLC channel program entitled Little People/Big World.  I have watched every episode and lament that they will no longer be any new episodes soon.  As I have mentioned my wife and I don’t have any children so it seems I have kids vicariously through that series. It was very interesting seeing the family interactions as the Roloff kids grew up. That is something I will miss in my life but at least I was able to live it vicariously.

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