UP

 

An email making the rounds about a teeny little word I don’t give much thought to is worth sharing.

The word is “Up”. When you think about it, there aren’t too many other two-letter words that can convey so many meanings. UP is an adverb, an adjective, a verb, a preposition, and a noun. It’s easy to understand looking UP toward the sky but why do we wake UP in the morning? In a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Someone writes UP a report, officers come UP for election. We speak UP when necessary and call UP our friends. We brighten UP a room, polish UP the silverware, warm UP leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. 

We fix UP the old car and lock UP the house. We line UP for tickets, some people stir UP trouble, and we work UP an appetite and think UP excuses. We open UP a store in the morning and close it UP at night. We have to open UP a drain after it is stopped UP. We say the sky is clouding UP when rain threatens and clearing UP when the sun comes out. Rain makes everything wet and messes things UP. When it doesn’t rain for a while things dry UP. We dress as normal but we dress UP to be special. We seem to pretty mixed UP about UP. Look UP UP in the dictionary where the word takes UP quite a bit of space as the definitions add UP. If UP to it, make UP a list of the many ways UP is used.

It may use UP a bit of time but don’t give UP.