Hi boys and girls and welcome to the show!
Today we’re going to talk about relationships. Now, relationships are very complicated because people are complicated. Let’s find an example by looking at the alphabet, OK?
You see, there are two kinds of letters — vowels and consonants. (There’s also this special kind of letter called Y that isn’t sure exactly what its orientation is). Now, vowels and consonants get together to make words. And there are all kinds of combinations that can be made into all different kinds of words. Literally billions of them!
Because there are so many possibilities, things can be very complicated sometimes. For instance, the letters A or S might like to fool around with a lot of other different letters, whereas the letters G or K are a bit more picky about who they pair up with.
Then, there’s Q & U. Now, we can’t all be like the letters Q and U. Q & U were made for each other, and even though U is much more independent than Q, you rarely ever see them apart and Q simply can’t make a word at all without U.
But, let’s say that the letter N likes the letter O, but O doesn’t like N back because the word they seem most often to make is NO and that word causes problems for a lot of people. Also, O is very fond of the letter F because together they make the word OF, which is a much more pleasant word than NO. (Sometimes they even have a threesome to get “OFF”) (blink, blink) *gasp*
Moving on . . . If N likes O but O likes F, that makes N feel bad because O doesn’t really want to be with N. Meanwhile, the letter F is holding out for a better word. The problem is that F is looking for something like the number 2 and I’m sorry, but F just won’t find what they’re looking for because the number 2 doesn’t exist in this alphabet, folks, I hate to tell ya. F can wait all they want to, they won’t find 2 — and they won’t be able to turn all the T’s and W’s into 2’s either. The closest they’ll come to it is TWO and while that may be close, they’ll never be quite satisfied with it.
So what should N do? Cause N is a nice letter and gets along well with the other letters well enough. But N gets stepped ON a lot by the O’s in this world and that’s a shame, but a letter can’t very well change very much without other letters’ help, now can it? Then O keeps going for all the letters that are jerks and that will leave O for prettier, longer words that are more exciting, only to come running back to N when those other letters tell it NO. Meanwhile, N just wants to make this ONE simple, little word with the letter O (and help from N’s good friend E).
N just needs to realize, though, that it doesn’t have to be confined to NO and ON relationships while it’s waiting around for the ONE. There’s plenty of other letters in the alphabet and you just have to keep making words until you find the one you know is the best one for you.
Then, when you finally do find the letters that help you make that really good word, you gotta say that word over and over until you can’t see yourself outside of it. Don’t be such a loner-rebel like X, who hardly ever makes any decent words. And don’t be a pushover like H, who’s been with so many letters that it gets taken for granted most times and is often just silent in its words. It’s good to be like I every once in a while because that means you can provide good support in many wonderful words, but you can also stand on your own as well. Be careful of old C, though because its a crazy letter and is often found in some pretty cruel and even cowardly words.
But whatever letter you are, I hope you find your U like Q. And when you do, then work together to make a good word – a word worth saying – a word everybody can learn something from like QUESTION. And don’t feel bad if you’re feeling overlooked like J or V, because you’re all part of the same alphabet and just because one letter may be more popular than another doesn’t mean they’re any better. We all can make good and bad words just the same way. With some letters, it just takes a little bit longer to find the right word, that’s all.
Well, that’s our lesson for this week, kids. Join us next time when we’ll be discussing the issue of Religion by examining colors (here’s a hint: blue, red, and yellow are your main, or primary, colors. But yellow and blue make a little color called green when they get together . . . ) Until next time, “Sunny days, da da da laaa la la . . . “
P.S. This blog has been brought to you by a conversation with Tiger Lily over some pretty excellent chinese food, and by the entire English alphabet. Thank you, to everyone . . . 
for everything.
