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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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"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN


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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.

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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

February 24, 2018 at 7:24pm
February 24, 2018 at 7:24pm
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Prompt: Mark Twain said, "To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence." Do you agree or disagree? What do you think is the key to success?

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If I could change the words “to succeed in life” to “to succeed in our faulty world,” the saying could have some merit. One may take up a challenge or a hobby not knowing what it entails. If the encounter with the subject is something he enjoys and finds out he wants to work with it, he may continue on with that journey, and to continue, his confidence may help him along the way. Anyone who takes up serious photography discovers that it is a difficult prospect and a costly one, for example.

Otherwise, this is another glib saying, since “life” has a larger meaning and people relate to the word in a different and personal way. The same goes for success and the degree of it.

If the saying means literally “to succeed in life,” I don’t agree with it for I was never a fan of the ignorance-is-bliss idea. The only positive side of ignorance is its disregarding of the inward doubts a person may cultivate within himself. As inward doubts hold most people hostage and prolong or hinder their success, I guess some ignorance may help. I, however, like to go into something knowing what I am getting into.

The key to success, for me, is neither ignorance nor confidence; I favor perseverance. If you keep at something and learn from your mistakes along the way without giving credence to self-defeating doubts, you’re bound to gather some degree of success.


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