Hello, welcome to counselling & words
and to my word of today
which is the English word mettle.
The word mettle appeared in the 16th
century
and it was pretty often used by
Shakespeare in his plays.
Well, mettle is a variant spelling of
metal; both forms of the word
were used interchangeably back then.
So you could say mettle or metal;
and with metal well you know
metal of course that pretty hard
material;
but the word mettle meant
the stuff of which a person is made.
So meant was this person's
moral constitution and I also
found another source; this source
says mettle is a person's
ability to cope well with difficulties.
So meant is the spirit and resilience
of this person. When I heard the word
mettle
i liked it very much. Not only because it
can easily confused with metal.
So metal and mettle! It is pronounced the
same,
and the meaning is also similar;
but one metal is related to
things and the other mettle is related to
people.
If a thing is made of metal it seems
cold and hard at first.
When we touch this thing it absorbs
our warmth and feels warm.
To call people mettle means that they are
firm in their principles, that they are
courageous,
and that they have a high compass within
them
that guides them. They will stand up for
these principles
and will appear metallic
or unbending. Perhaps this sounds
too firm, to clear, too hard
but what meant here, however,
is the ability to cope with difficulties.
People who are mettle have a very good
resilience.
And even if they are in danger of
breaking
and falling they will still get
up again and stand up for what is
morally right.
In this world we live in today we could
use
many more people who are mettle.
Unfortunately
too often we renounce justice and
kindness
because we are afraid to speak our minds
and stand up for fairness
justice and solidarity.
This fear is breathing down our necks
and paralyses us far too often.
It seems easier to withdraw
and bow our heads and not to stand up
for others.
But this is not right! Maybe
we get some peace for a moment but
deep inside we know that we should be
worried.
What I want to say is if you
feel that you are mettle use this power,
stay straight and follow
your morals because you
can help others to get rid of
certain difficulties. You can make the
world
a better place. Well, this was about my
English word mettle; I hope you enjoyed
the talk, thanks a lot for watching!
Bye bye, and see you soon. Enjoy life!
