Dynamic and deep

When a person learns the vocabulary of a language, (s)he learns that words fit into grammatical categories that start with a root and subsequently use suffixes to represent grammatical categories.  These categories using the same root are often referred to as word families.  An example of this is found in the root beau-.  This root yields the verb beautify, the noun beauty, the adjective beautiful, and the adverb beautifully.  A great number of words follow this model.

But, occasionally, a word doesn't change or add suffixes even when changing grammatical categories. One such word is love.  The verb is love; the noun is love; the adjective is love (as in love interest).  One could add some suffixes if wanted, for example, love-r and love-ly.  But, the additions just enrich the word with more forms than other words have.  Stock is another such word.  The noun is stock; the verb is stock; the adjective is stock (as in stock item).  This can be enrichedby adding a noun suffix (stock-er).  There is a trade-off, however.  In these two cases there is no adverb.  The family line is cut short in one place, even though enriched in another.

It seems to me that much of life happens according to models that families have, their family traditions.  My family certainly has its share.  But parts of life aren't meant to be according to some steady model.  They take on other characteristics.  Some of life seems to act on its own, enriching us in some areas, keeping matters the same in some areas, cutting off some of life's known forms in other areas.  Like language, life is dynamic, a thing of beauty.  Sometimes places and times cause life's enriching moments, sometimes it's people.  I have such vivid pictures of those times and places, and such enjoyable snapshots of the people along the way... and such an awesome, amazing, revered spot for the one whose dynamic place is deep, so deep within.