In Dutch we have a multifunctional word that’s being used for all kinds of situations/persons:
‘gezellig’
For instance:
- When you had a great party with your friends, the evening was ‘gezellig’.
- When a house is furbished warm and cosy it’s ‘gezellig’.
- When you’re enjoying a nice hot chocolate with whipped cream near a fireplace, the atmosphere is ‘gezellig’.
- A person that is fun to hang out with is ‘gezellig’.
About a year ago I quit drinking alcohol.
And I bumped in some strange opinions about this.
People telling me that I was actually quite ‘gezellig’.
Sometimes the rest of the sentence was spoken, sometimes I could finish the unspoken words myself: ‘for a person that doesn’t drink’.
Since when can’t you be ‘gezellig’ without a drink? I can recall many office days crying from laughter without a sip of alcohol. But, somehow, evenings in a pub aren’t joyful without?
I can’t speak for someone else, of course, but I had lot’s of fun in the past year, so at least I had a ‘gezellige tijd’ (a great time).
If you are in dry January right now and you have judgmental people around you: just know, I got your back, because I know that, no matter what, you are:
GEZELLIG!
© Pamela Cools – Wake up your wisdom
Wake up your Wisdom!
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