-ANCE

This book was designed to offer positivity and undefined feelings through short stories poems and abnormal illustrations. Each word focused on will end with the Middle English suffix -ANCE (Middle English borrowed this from Anglo-French who borrowed it from Latin) which is most commonly added to adjectives and nouns to create nouns and verbs. There are three definitions for the suffix: 1) The action or process of doing something 2) A quality or state 3) The amount or degree My inspiration behind this project came from the constant nagging of negativity in my personal life (the opposite of positivity). I was constantly being reminded that I have choices when it comes to my reactions toward the overwhelming forces of judgment hurt and anxiety. Instead of allowing the now habitual pessimism clutter my life I can develop a mindset to acknowledge the circumstances and release the negative energy.