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About This Author
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.
 
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Everyday Canvas
"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
David Whyte
This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.
November 27, 2015 at 2:21pm November 27, 2015 at 2:21pm
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How do you walk the thin line with family when you really dislike one of your children's boy friend/girl friend choices? Do you tell the child involved what you see is happening to them or do you let them crash and burn on their own? Today, was the most difficult holiday I've had in many years. I have bitten my lip so much, it is swollen. I would really appreciate the advice.
Sticky stuff, here. Holidays are sometimes very difficult to handle. There's usually someone or some weird piece of conversation or gesture that gets us.
In this case, although your lip is swollen, I think you did the right thing. On the other hand, if the boyfriend/girlfriend is doing something really outrageous like being involved in crime or doing something that would hurt your child, you have the choice of counseling him in private, but only in private.
If he or she is just being obnoxious, has bad manners, and is not fitting in well with your family, then I think, it would be better that your son or daughter sees if for himself or herself.
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Prompt: Reading a book and listening to a story is good entertainment. Does it take the place of TV Shows? Share your thoughts.
In my case, TV shows rarely take the place of reading a book or listening to a story. I would rather get lost in a well-written book than most of the TV shows that I consider crappy. If it were up to me, I would get rid of the TV altogether, but my hubby is a TV addict, and in old age, he has very few other pastimes, so I let him have his way while I am engrossed in a book.
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