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.
January 9, 2024 at 11:30am January 9, 2024 at 11:30am
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Prompt:
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning."
Albert Einstein
What do you think about this quote and which things do you question?
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Wisdom gained from the past, the enjoyment of the present, and the anticipation of the future...Now, what could be better than that!
I have to ask, what about the do-ability of such a noble stance?
I'd have to focus instead on the part of the quote that says not to stop questioning. Now, even I could live for that as I am all for the perpetual importance of curiosity and a questioning mindset. A questioning attitude helps to bring about intellectual growth, innovation, and progress. Questioning challenges the status quo, encourages critical thinking, and drives the pursuit of knowledge. By remaining curious, I can live in an ever-changing world with adaptability and, hopefully, resilience.
The way I look at it, curiosity itself means a sense of optimism, as curiosity (i.e. my questioning) encourages me to approach the future with hope, providing motivation toward building a better future, while fixing and shaping today's mishaps in my life. After all, I have the use of a mind that questions everything.
As for the past, whether I learn from it or not, it always comes to haunt. Good or bad! Fact is, although not totally doable, I'd rather not dwell on the negatives of the past because they bring my present and future down. Anyhow, past never honors my negation of it. It jumps up into my mind, with positive and negative areas of itself, when I least suspect or expect it. Such an underhanded trickster this past is!
I, therefore, have come to the conclusion that, all in all, curiosity wins with all its questionings and its pushing me forward. And no, curiosity didn't kill the kitten, but the kitten's far-out daring to poke its nose into obvious danger did.
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