words

I have been spoken 3 different words in my heart and to be honest I don't fully understand their meaning yet. I love to go to Webster's dictionary and find out the textual meaning and then read into them and then plow them into our daily lives.

Intentional:Pronunciation: \in-ˈtench-nəl, -ˈten(t)-shə-nəl\
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1677
1 : done by intention or design : intended
2 a : of or relating to epistemological intention b : having external reference

synonyms see voluntary

— in·ten·tion·al·i·ty \-ˌten(t)-shə-ˈna-lə-tē\ noun

— in·ten·tion·al·ly \in-ˈtench-nə-lē, -ˈten(t)-shə-nəl-ē\ adverb



Relational:1 : of or relating to kinship
2 : characterized or constituted by relations
3 : having the function chiefly of indicating a relation of syntax
4 : relating to, using, or being a method of organizing data in a database so that it is perceived by the user as a set of tables

— re·la·tion·al·ly adverb


Gentle:Pronunciation: \ˈjen-təl\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): gen·tler \ˈjent-lər, -təl-ər\; gen·tlest \ˈjent-ləst, -təl-əst\
Etymology: Middle English gentil, from Anglo-French, from Latin gentilis of a gens, of one's family, from gent-, gens gens, nation; akin to Latin gignere to beget — more at kin
Date: 13th century
1 a : belonging to a family of high social station b archaic : chivalrous c : honorable, distinguished; specifically : of or relating to a gentleman d : kind, amiable —used especially in address as a complimentary epithet e : suited to a person of high social station
2 a : tractable, docile b : free from harshness, sternness, or violence
3 : soft, delicate
4 : moderate

— gent·ly \ˈjent-lē\ adverb

My thoughts with this as we are preparing for the fall for our family I want to be relational at all times. I want to be available to be relational with my husband and each one of my kids one on one.
I want to be intentional. With my time, with my resources, with my words and thoughts and responses. I want to make sure what I take to time to do or think or speak is with intention and with a full purpose.
Through all of my minutes on my clock of life I want to be gentle in what I say and do with my relations and intentions. May I be gentle when I feel like being strong when it's not so easy to do so.