gump-tion [noun, informal, "guhmp-shuhn"]: courage; spunk; guts: It takes gumption to quit a high-paying job.

Love the word - GUMPTION - rolls off the tongue with so much gusto, so much conviction and resolve, yet has an incredibly down-to-earth ring about it.

Picked this word up from the movie, The Holiday. I think it was possibly Kate Winslet's best line and best moment, when she demonstrated gumption, ie. Fantastic moment, esp. when she kicked that jerk of a ex boyfriend out of her house and her life for good. I cheered her on. *haha* Its crazy to be so involved in a movie character. =P

But yes, I resolve, and I think I've gathered sufficient gumption, strangely, over the last few days, to re-assert myself (even if I'm just ordinarily beautiful) and my life.

Enough is enough. If you can't live with it, well, then too bad for you (notice I don't say very rude things people typically and appropriately say at this juncture - coz I sincerely don't wish for anyone to go to hell, but that's a separate story altogether....).

Absolutely magical. So empowering. *woohoo!*