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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!
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#1094446 added July 31, 2025 at 12:28pm
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Yes, Princess!
Prompt:
"The best protection any woman can have is courage."
Princess Diana
Write about this quote in your Blog entry today.


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Yes, Princess Diana, you hit the nail on the head. If it weren't for women's courage under terrible circumstances and domination, none of us would be here today.

Women's courage is often quiet, tough, and durable, and it is deeply rooted in the history of the humankind. This courage does not have a single shape or sound. It is varied, and it shows up in many diverse acts, public or private. It is the women's refusal to stay diminished, and it is in walking away from a bad situation, in raising voice for just causes, and in caring for others without losing oneself.

When I look at the history, I always see this courage, which one must not mix with the absence of fear. In fact, it has nothing to do with fear. It has to do with choices, as in choosing to love an unkind world, to lead when leadership is most needed, to speak even when a woman's tongue is cut.

This courage always shows up in the mother who keeps going, after many long nights and hard days, the grandmother who holds a family together, the daughter who speaks up when silence would be safer, the girl who defies expectations to attend school, the leader who stands firm even as her voice shakes, and the writer and the artist who share their truths.

Yes, Princess, courage is the best protection, but we women rarely think of our personal protection. We do it because we have chosen to love a world that can be unkind, to lead when our leadership is questioned, and to speak even when we know our words will be dismissed. You, however, knew this much better than any male of your time. Your actions, often calm and quiet, were your words, but they always had great impact.









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