Rope

                           This word has some kind of negative connotation, like rope can only be used to hang someone... or draw and quarter them. Or like it references being tied up by someone with "unclear" intentions. I am not out to change that perspective in everyone's hearts and minds. I just want to use it  within a different context, with an entirely different meaning. Boy Scout leaders use rope to teach Boy Scouts how to tie knots. They even look at little pictures with step to step instructions on how to tie those knots in the correct way. Boy Scouts tie those knots in order to get the Merit Badge. A badge that shows merit. It says, look at me... I can tie knots, when in reality it's supposed to build up confidence in the young men.

                            Tying rope together or onto other things so that they can pretend to be a fisherman who needs to hitch his boat down at the docks; or an honorable soldier, serving their country by tying a rope that is used to hoist the flag of a nation onto anything that looks patriotic. There are other things I could say rope is useful for, but if someone I know is reading this. Someone who is very dear to my heart, hopefully knows exactly what meaning rope has for us.