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Boisterous: (adj) noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.
Noisy, energetic, cheerful and rowdy.
Those words are NOT synonyms–at least, not in our society.
Noisy: Please be more quiet.
Energetic: Yea, team!
Cheerful: Thank you for being pleasant.
Rowdy: Keep an eye on them–they look like trouble.
See what I mean?
It’s no wonder that upon hearing the word “boisterous,” anyone over the age of thirty immediately conjures negative images. And anyone under thirty pops up snapshots of a beer-bong party.
Unfortunately, because of this transition that occurs at our third decade, overnight we go from being fun-loving bozos to pernicious buzz-killers.
On top of that, we have certain areas where we do not accept boisterous behavior whatsoever–funerals, weddings (except the reception) and of course, church.
A boisterous funeral would be considered campy, but a bit uncouth.
A boisterous wedding would be viewed as an interruption of a sacred impartation.
And a boisterous church service would be translated as a holy-rolling, snake-handling hullabaloo of hillbillies.
Do we need to be boisterous? Are there times when our energy should become rowdy?
There just might be things in life worthy of raising our blood pressure … without getting us angry.
Published by Jonathan Cring
7 years ago 
