LET'S HAVE some fun with definitions. How do you define a definition? I was present with a bunch of young people from 73 countries of the world when a young fellow from Austria was asked to define some- thing he said. In response, he talked brilliantly for some 17 minutes and sat down, obviously well satisfied with what he and his interpretor had said. Then a shy, quiet young woman from India asked, with obvious sin- cerity, “do you mean by that that God is love?” The young Pithy definitions for you to ponder AuStrian assured his questioner that she had got his point and congratulated her for putting it into three words. Definitions are sometimes too long, or too. short. Sometimes they are deliberately inaccurate or brazenly slanted. Sometimes they are boringly dull or humorously cute. Here are a few for your pondering: A Professional is one who does a good job even when he doesn’t feel like it. A Mediocre Person is one NIGHT SCHOOL NOTES who ts always at his best. 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