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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: If you think of energy like a bank account, how do you spend the vast majority of your daily energy?
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Daily Energy? Hahaha! If physical, I deplete it. I live from hand to mouth. This is partly because of my motto, “Do it, now!” This has also something to do with old age. If I don’t do what needs to be done immediately, I might forget about it, even with the use of my other motto, “Put everything on a list.”
As to the daily emotional energy, we are all subject to exhaustion and burnout. I manage mine--energy, not burnout--by feeding it positive feelings that empower, and when this kind of energy feels low, I give it a dose of gratitude, and the energy jumps up on the scale. Simple affirmations, such as “I am doing the best I can, already” help, too. when it comes to how I feel where other people and their demands are concerned. As some people can be toxic or challenging, when the need arises, my motto is, “Ignore! Then turn to something else that is positive.” Then, if push comes to shove, I stop doing everything else and do something I like, something that relaxes me, like sitting inside the closed part of the porch and reading or listening to something I appreciate.
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