From @Kathryn Vercillo: On the etymology: "The word "enough" primarily stems from Old English "genōg." However, its origins could also be traced to Proto-Germanic "*ganog," where "ga-" denotes "with" or "together," and "-nog" means "fitting" or "enough." These elements combine to convey a sense of completeness or sufficiency when something is "fitting together" or "adequate."
There's something I really like about the idea that things are "fitting together" and that's when it is enough. I need to mull on it more but it feels like there's an essence of something powerful in there for me.
Katie, I don't know whether you are familiar with the movie Key Largo. A rapidly approaching hurricane traps a returning WWII veteran (Bogart) in a hotel on the island with a disabled innkeeper (Lionel Barrymore), the innkeeper's war-widowed daughter (Bacall), and a vicious gangster named Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) accompanied by a coterie of thugs. Your excellent essay reminded me of an iconic scene where the soldier interrogates the gangster about what he wants in life. "Rocco wants more...!" https://youtu.be/ITs-YX1yQ7o?si=ig28jdY_23NIZ9QT
From @Kathryn Vercillo: On the etymology: "The word "enough" primarily stems from Old English "genōg." However, its origins could also be traced to Proto-Germanic "*ganog," where "ga-" denotes "with" or "together," and "-nog" means "fitting" or "enough." These elements combine to convey a sense of completeness or sufficiency when something is "fitting together" or "adequate."
There's something I really like about the idea that things are "fitting together" and that's when it is enough. I need to mull on it more but it feels like there's an essence of something powerful in there for me.
Katie, I don't know whether you are familiar with the movie Key Largo. A rapidly approaching hurricane traps a returning WWII veteran (Bogart) in a hotel on the island with a disabled innkeeper (Lionel Barrymore), the innkeeper's war-widowed daughter (Bacall), and a vicious gangster named Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) accompanied by a coterie of thugs. Your excellent essay reminded me of an iconic scene where the soldier interrogates the gangster about what he wants in life. "Rocco wants more...!" https://youtu.be/ITs-YX1yQ7o?si=ig28jdY_23NIZ9QT
I should be but I confess, I am not. I watched the clip however. Spot on. I've been doing a lot of thinking about more. It's an endless pursuit.