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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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Daily Cascade #1079934 added November 14, 2024 at 10:58am
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That "But"!
Prompt:
"There is always a but in an imperfect world."
Anne Bronte
Write about this in your Blog entry today.
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Hahaha! This quote or rather that cynical "but" made me laugh. Anne Bronte or the character she made to say this must have been a perfectionist. I can just picture it. Whoever said it must have added a sigh at the end of her utterance, too. 
Of course, there's always a flaw, a nick, a misstep, or a stumbling over something in life. Otherwise, we wouldn't be here, would we? Just think, so many people on this earth and if we were all perfect, we'd look, feel, act, and be the same all around. Boring? Yes, but even more than that. We'd learn nothing!
Perfection trips us all the time. None of us want to make a mistake, and even when we make mistakes, we have either extenuating circumstances or we are unaware of what we are doing or saying. We always want to make sure we’ve got everything right. We need to look our best, don't we!
This, however, is not reality, is it? Truth is, we're all completely and perfectly imperfect. Luckily!
In that vein, imagine the possibilities if we really embraced our imperfections. To begin with, our inner critics would end up with a sore throat and they wouldn't and couldn't make their voices heard. Yay! We'd also hesitate to go after what we want and what we need. As an example, there would never be a Writing.com in existence. Come to think of it, I'd have a rather dull time without WdC. Then, any seemingly perfect situation, say a perfect job, can have a flaw, too, like a demanding boss, long hours, or low pay. Even in relationships, "but" could refer to small or big differences between partners that need work and understanding. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to deal with another replica of myself. 
There are. therefore, always tradeoffs and nuances in life to complicate our time here; however, without them, everything would be so dull! In short, any positive is never so simple and most any "but" adds color to an otherwise black and white world.
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