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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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This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

October 12, 2023 at 11:00am
October 12, 2023 at 11:00am
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Prompt: Do you believe in good luck charms?

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No, not really, although I think they're a lot of fun. In essence, nothing increases one's own luck like one's own thinking, attitude, and work.

The thing with good luck charms is that they bring a bit of hope and sunshine to the chaotic and unpredictable world we live in. Plus, they may have some sentimental or cultural meaning to some of us.

My mother, so unlike me, did believe in such things going as far as to pinning amulets on her bra straps. I don't think they did her any good, but maybe they made her feel better and well-protected, and she might have felt she was at least doing something about the oft-wrongly-perceived ills of the world and the darker side of living.

She might have a point in that new studies conducted by therapists and scientists have come up with the idea that having special items that people associate with good fortune may actually increase their chances of succeeding at whatever it is that they wish to succeed at. This isn't really science but a tactic to make one's mind believe in the positive so it steers a person toward some success. In its essence, a lucky charm usually may work to improve people's luck and bring happiness and positivity into their life, if only it can bring to the surface the locked part of them deep inside their subconscious.

Then, as I mentioned earlier, such things as charms, amulets, etc. are not for me, but I can see how they can boost someone else's confidence and improve their performance in several areas of living. Still, even this little success of any lucky charm must depend on one's own abilities and inner potential.


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