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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."
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Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

September 29, 2014 at 11:28am
September 29, 2014 at 11:28am
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Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, I was full of ideas and inspiration when we moved into our present house, twenty-one years ago. At the time, we had taken an early retirement and the other me (my hubby) had embarked upon a part-time job situation that made us travel to different locations to stay in each place for about one to two months.

Although we were absent from the house most of the time, all that planning I had was meant to provide direction and meaning to my housekeeping, for my planning had come after I had examined my values, current status, environment, and other related factors.

Our beginning in the new house was fine, as anything new deserved respect, and we practically lived elsewhere, anyhow. Thus all the years we traveled were manageable, but I hadn't thought of the time when hubby would be a full-time retiree.

Now, no Marshall Plan will work for my cluttered bathroom counter-tops, clothes strewn all over chairs, and oddly placed cushions and pillows on the sofas and armchairs. Worse yet, along the lines of "if you can't beat'em, join'em" idea has affected me, and I don't care anymore if I leave a lone sweater on the back of a chair or if the books and papers on my desk are askew.

Without going into further detail, I have to advise people who are dreaming of keeping a perfect house; don't make huge plans if you have a full-time retiree at hand, and forget about the business's motto of "Planning is the primary management function because it organizes all downstream management functions..." Remember that, in my house, downstream has gone upstream.

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Prompt:"I had such great plans..."


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