11/3/10 Chutzpah

Seizing the moment, seizing the day, daring to make something happen, if only for a moment. Here in the "Sweet Land" of the midwest, we often follow such structure in our lives that it's hard to see another way of doing things. Chutzpah breaks the spell. With chutzpah, you speak up to ask for seconds, wear a loud color, run for your life to catch someone who is pulling away down the street, and have no intention of taking no for an answer. Chutzpah sometimes doesn's know what it is. It's an opinion, an action, the gall.