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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: "Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day-like writing a poem or saying a prayer." What are your thoughts on this?
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Not in the morning! Enjoyable things like arranging flowers or writing a poem or even going online take place after my hectic mornings are dealt with.
My first thought when I read this prompt was how in the world would I find time in the morning for those mentioned things, except for the thoughts and prayers that can be said while doing other stuff. Then, forget about arranging flowers and such; I don’t usually have the time to change the water in the vases if there were flowers in them from the day before.
I understand that it’s important to create a quiet space in which to think. A quiet focus is important for any person. What I first do in the morning is to feel grateful for being alive to face the day. Gratitude is important for me at any time, and it is vital to think about a thing or two that I’m grateful about, especially when I start the day.
Despite my often-hectic mornings, I rather feel calm and focused overall, unless someone says or does something that irks me, which doesn’t happen very often. For a sense of quiet, most therapists suggest keeping noise to the minimum, such as the TV, radio, etc. Even noise doesn’t rattle me, anymore because, over the years, I‘ve trained myself to ignore it.
I work with lists for everything, so I am not distressed over undone stuff. Still, undone stuff is inevitable in life. I have accepted that. This acceptance adds to my sense of calm, too.
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