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 |   Second blog -- answers to an ocean of prompts |
 "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. |
| Prompt: Have you ever traveled to a foreign country? What country would you most like to visit? ---- Yes, I have been to Canada, all over Europe, and a few places in the Middle East. Some but not all my impressions are in this book item: "Jottings From Journeys"  . Unfortunately, I didn’t/don’t get around to writing in it. I am not too crazy for travel, anymore, because I don’t think I have the guts to put up with the physical challenges of traveling, but I would have liked to go all over Ireland and Scotland. We did pass through Ireland, but it didn’t feel as if I’ve been there. Plus, I love the Irish and the authors from Ireland and Scotland. Then, when I traveled, rather than the sights and sounds, I focused on people more, which points to my people watching habits. I mostly found a connection with others, which made me more aware of my own self’s inclinations. Different cultures and how tolerant they are of strangers (or not) have added to the strength of my identity and love for the world. As they say, traveling can be a stress reducer, but it can also add to a person's stress. Honestly speaking, I get more stressed when I travel with people in my family, immediate or extended. I had my best travel experiences when I was alone. Still, as they say, traveling helps to reinvent yourself. It did, for me, probably only in the beginning. I think, at my age, I have been reinvented enough. Then, maybe I am not as adventurous as I used to think I was. |
| Prompt: "I do not understand how anyone can live without one small place of enchantment to turn to." Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings What does enchantment mean to you? ---- When I was a child, my small place (palace—I first typed by mistake) of enchantment was under the tables whose tablecloths hung to the floor. That probably started my lifelong need for solitude, at least now and then. Enchantment to me is a sudden feeling of delight as if hit by a magic spell. Usually, it happens with little things. Sometimes, my small places of enchantment stay in fleeting moments. The other day, while I was washing the dishes, a tiny bird watched me from the side of the roof. I took a photo of it since my cell was in my pocket, which isn’t a good likeness of it at all, but the moment was enchanting if only for a few seconds. Then, a few days earlier, I felt enchantment when a baby rabbit in the yard didn’t run away from me. Mostly, I find enchantment in a good book, a child’s face, a kind word my way, or the love shining in my family’s eyes. They are all my small places of enchantment. They are magic!   |
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