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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.
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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.
February 5, 2015 at 12:20am February 5, 2015 at 12:20am
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Prompt:
"If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there." George Harrison
Do you agree?
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Actually, I don’t agree with anything that sounds pointless when I think about it. I don't know why anyone, let alone a Beatle, utters such tricky words that sound like they are so deep, while they aren’t.
Far from it. Surely, any road will do, as it will take you to a place unknown to you if you don’t have an inkling about your destination.
Instead of the George Harrison quote, I think the question Diana Ross asks in her song, “Do you know where you’re going to?” is clearer, and it delves deeper into the subject of destination, by making people think about their goals.
I always like to know where I am going or what I am doing, unless someone forces me into the unknown or kidnaps me. I care what happens to me, and I think everyone should care about what happens to them, too. If an adult person goes through life without an aim or a goal, with a let-it-happen-to-me attitude, he or she deserves what’s coming to her. Even small children with their next-to-nothing life experience do not want others to push them around.
A plan, an aim, or a goal focuses on effectiveness, efficiency, and impact. With a plan and a purpose, people can adapt to “road conditions.” They are sensitive to the “signs” and obstacles along the way, as they can fine-tune their strategies to avoid or overcome those things. They can also take advantage of opportunities, if they know where they are going. For aimless people there are no quick fixes, and they probably don’t care what happens to them either. Even certain beliefs and religions that advocate aimlessness have a goal: internal calm through aimlessness, if it is at all possible, which I believe doesn’t work, not in the long run.
At times, it is true that we can’t control every single thing that happens to us, and there are instances when we have to leave the going to chance, but still, there has to be a big picture for everyone. Otherwise, we will end up like fall leaves dropping from bare branches and drifting about aimlessly.
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