What is?
You know, to change her mind.
Or to put it another way, her metanoia.
I know, it sounds like a vitamin supplement, doesn’t it?
“Say, honey, could you pass me 500 mg of Metanoia, please?”
If only it were that easy. Change in a bottle, if you don’t mind. Take two and call me in the morning?
noun meta•noia \[met-uh–noi–uh]
Origin and Etymology:
Greek, from metanoiein: to change one’s mind, repent, from meta- + noein to think, from nous mind
First Known Use: 1577
So, perhaps it’s less about switching the style of your coiffure from beehive to French twist, or your indecision over a jelly donut vs. a cheese omelet, and more of a spiritual change, a lifestyle change, almost a conversion.
Like when you switched to organic food. Or joined the Farmgirl Sisterhood. 😉
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Oh dear. Yes I think so but I didn’t know there was a specific word for it.
2013:
Divorced Mr. Wrong
Married my hero
Left my career
Moved away from my home town (big city) after 57 yrs
Since then:
Got chickens
Make my own yogurt
Became a Farmgirl
Bigger gardens of veggies and herbs
Dabbling into essential oils
METANOIA!!
Finding the MJF magazine, reading how Farmgirl was simply a matter of heart, and then joining the Farmgirl Sisterhood was definitely a moment of metanoia for me! That has to be me in the photo above! Being a Red Tractor Girl was and still is ME!
Hooray, Winnie! The best definition of metanoia ever!
I don’t think I’ve ever run across this one before. Should I use my metanoia and decide to read more Greek, I wonder… (Ha! Any Greek would be “more”!)
I have had a few moments of metanoia in my life just within the last couple of years. Some of my biggest changes were deciding to start growing my own food, feeding my babies my own home made baby food, and learning how to change my outlook on life as a stay at home mom.
MaryJane you are a marvel at teaching us, not only the ” farmgirl” way of life but new words we never knew existed.