Words that are three walls and a roof

Occasionally you happen across words in life which call to a much deeper part of you than just your ears.

They are words which speak to your heart, which dare you to walk towards a new place. They are words which become a space to live in.

My boss recently said to me, "The work we do with trees is a noble work."

I was sharing this with a good friend yesterday, who suggested that nobility was more a space to live in, than a space to merely fill with words.

'Nobility' is for me a three-walled room - a place to be able to be move towards and dwell in, yet without the feeling of being trapped.

So also words like 'dignity', 'honour', 'integrity'. These are words that we can grow into, they are rich places into which we can walk, spaces we can camp on.

But does the journey towards or the dwelling within come easily? Me thinks not. Is 'integrity' still 'integrity' if it becomes a place of resting on laurels and boasting?

I wonder which words it is for you?