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.
August 2, 2023 at 11:04am August 2, 2023 at 11:04am
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Prompt: What was the last expensive thing you bought for yourself and what was the reason?
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This prompt made me laugh. The last expensive thing I bought for myself is insurance for my car. Did you know once you hit 80 years in age, everything doubles up in price and the insurance amount they agree to pay is half of what has been, even if you have a perfect driving record? Shouldn't it be the other way around? What happened to taking care of the elderly?
Since treating oneself to gifts can be a delightful way to indulge in personal desires, I might splurge on a few things, but I need nothing at this point in my life. To begin with I am not an object person.
Then, most of what I need or want I already have it. Except of course, my cat's health, which today, she isn't doing well and we have an appointment with her vet in the afternoon.
I am not into exotic vacations as I have already traveled a lot. Neither am I into high-end jewelry since I can't even bring myself to wear what I already have except for a couple of rings that have meaning for me.
Wardrobe is out also. I only wear what I'm comfortable with. I don't like spa treatments and the walls in the house already have enough art hanging on them. As to technology, I already have a new laptop I bought a few months ago, on which I'm writing this entry.
I think the key to indulging in expensive gifts has to align with one's passions and interests. My passions and interests just don't depend on material objects. Come to think of it, a nice cup of tea with a good book always does it for me.
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