platform

Main Entry: plat·form
Pronunciation: \ˈplat-ˌfȯrm\
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle French plate-forme diagram, map, literally, flat form
Date: 1535

1 : plan, design
2 : a declaration of the principles on which a group of persons stands; especially : a declaration of principles and policies adopted by a political party or a candidate
3 a (1) : a usually raised horizontal flat surface; especially : a raised flooring (2) : a device or structure incorporating or providing a platform; especially : such a structure on legs used for offshore drilling (as for oil) b : a place or opportunity for public discussion
4 a : a usually thick layer (as of cork) between the inner sole and outer sole of a shoe b : a shoe having such a sole
5 a : a vehicle (as a satellite or aircraft) used for a particular purpose or to carry a usually specified kind of equipment b : operating system; also : the computer architecture and equipment using a particular operating system


(via "platform." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2010.).


Platforms sound nice!

exist

Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Latin exsistere to come into being, exist, from ex- + sistere to stand, stop; akin to Latin stare to stand — more at stand
Date: circa 1568

1 a : to have real being whether material or spiritual (did unicorns exist) (the largest galaxy known to exist) b : to have being in a specified place or with respect to understood limitations or conditions (strange ideas existed in his mind)
2 : to continue to be (racism still exists in society)
3 a : to have life or the functions of vitality (we cannot exist without oxygen) b : to live at an inferior level or under adverse circumstances (the hungry existing from day to day)

(via Merriam Webster Dictionary).


Something to strive for, to make anything and everything alive