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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.
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Prompt: Some personalities are high energy all the time, others so low energy you wonder if they're awake. Where do you think you fall on that spectrum and why?
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Where do I fall? Since I am old, I may fall anywhere and everywhere, depending on many things. In general, as far as energy goes, I am somewhere in between.
I can’t be high energy as I have arthritis in one knee and in my toes. If some job requires standing up or pulling and pushing, then I do it, taking short breaks in between, usually doing work on the computer, checking my e-mail or something else like sewing. I am not low energy either. If I ever sat around doing nothing, I would die of boredom.
I am, therefore, always doing something. On the other hand, my least inactive time is at the end of the day when the sun is setting. Since some gorgeous FL sunsets are visible from the back of the house, in the early evenings, I sit there inside the covered porch with a book or Kindle or sometimes my camera, watching the sunset or reading. Sometimes, my husband comes out, too, and we sit there together. This is the quietest and the least active time for me unless something extraordinary comes up.
Yet, there is more to energy than how much we can move around, since all energy doesn’t always come from our nutrition or the way our bodies feel. Our emotions also contribute to our energy levels. Negative emotions can either push some people toward lethargy or encourage them to do devilish deeds. Positive emotions, on the other hand, help the body’s systems and support our general health in all areas. If I feel a negative emotion arising, I replace it with a positive thought. This replacement tool works for me all the time.
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