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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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#913119 added June 12, 2017 at 1:12pm
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Humanism -- as I see it
Prompt: Regardless of how anyone else defines it, what do you think humanism is?

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Humanism for me is, first, accepting that I am human as is all people, which means each one of us has his or her high and low points, foibles, life stories, and belief systems; thus, all people should be respected for who they are, no matter how different they may be from me.

My tenets as a humanist are:

• to never underestimate anyone or raise them to a superhuman status.

• to become the one who has what I want in others

• to treat everyone as fairly as I can with the way I think they should be treated

• to be as truthful as I can when I can

• to say what needs to be told but also to remember that--under certain circumstances-- silence is golden

• to help and support others when I can without hurting anyone else or myself

• to encourage others to become the most moral, honorable, and successful version of themselves


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