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Everyday Canvas

by Joy

Rated: 18+ · Book · Experience · #2003843

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.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Lyn's a sly fox

about 14 hours ago
In response to "May 3, 2024"

That's a phenomenal poem, Joy! Impressive job with the challenging words.

1 Like

🌸 pwheeler - love joy peace

a day ago
In response to "Nature Walks"

Can you still take short walks? I hope so. Even a little bit of nature is refreshing.

Simply Me

a day ago
In response to "Nature Walks"

You can take a hike virtually. Or just watch on UTube. like... 4K Nature Treasures of Hawaii Botanical Garden - Jungle Forest Cinematic Virtual Walk. Your memories will do the rest.

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🌸 pwheeler - love joy peace

May 1, 2024 at 7:56pm
In response to "Being Kind"

That's beautiful, Joy and Megan.

Joy, I love that you gave that avocado seed a new life! It might just need more fertilizer? Good luck!

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Princess Megan Rose 22 Years

May 1, 2024 at 12:31pm
In response to "Being Kind"

Being kind to others is so important. There would be no wars if everyone was nicer to each other. A good entry.

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🌸 pwheeler - love joy peace

Apr 29, 2024 at 3:30pm
In response to "To Smile About"

Your beautiful heart shines through this list of things that make you smile.

I love that acts of kindness to others makes you smile. I forgot to include nature and acts of kindness but they are definitely things that make me smile too.

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Joy

Apr 29, 2024 at 11:06am
In response to "C'est la Vie!"

intuey GoT Survivor!

Thanks for responding. Yes, I agree. Happy memories do not have the same intensity, but if they were really happy, they could help. I said "really" in the above sentence only because our minds have a way of cutting out and doing away with the bad parts of our memories. As they say, "Good old days"! Were they really that good?
Then, if we can do better by "getting our sorrows out" so be it. Whatever works!
Happy writing!

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intuey GoT Survivor!

Apr 29, 2024 at 8:04am
In response to "C'est la Vie!"

Very thought-provoking entry, Joy. I think sorrows and negative emotions carry deeper, more intense feelings that enable us to dig down deep and pour them out on paper.

At least that's what I find from my writings that mirror such emotions. After pouring out a writing, or a poem about the pain I'm experiencing from loss or betrayal, or wherever the negative emotion may stem from, I feel a bit lighter. It's like I poured it out on paper and in doing so I was able to lighten my heart and soul a bit.

I know in the past if I had something haunting me, I'd write it down on a piece of paper and burn the paper. In doing so, I felt like I was releasing that negative emotion from carrying it around. I felt that it really did help.

Happier feelings don't carry the intensity of negative ones. (At least in my experience). Also, the need to get them out isn't as strong, because you want to treasure them and hold them close to your heart. You don't ever want them to diminish, so you harbor them to keep them safe from disappearing. Writings of happy memories and times are nice but they don't have the same intensity.

And for me, that's okay. Because I need to get the sorrows out as much as possible. To me, it's therapeutic.

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Lyn's a sly fox

Apr 26, 2024 at 11:38pm
In response to "Spam"

Nicely done.. Thanks for the inspiration.

Schnujo is Late to Lannister

Apr 25, 2024 at 6:52pm
In response to "Spring"

I agree that "all things" wasn't intended to be negative, but that it could be taken that way, especially by someone with trauma in their recent past.

But good job quickly redirecting back to the positive things.

Here in the Falkland Islands, we're in fall/autumn and I was confused the other day when a friend showed me a picture of her among blooming bushes. Then I remembered it was spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

One of my favorite spring memories is my horse, Nick, bucking and running around in the field in spring. I had several horses, but besides the filly, only Nick seemed to truly relish spring. And the funniest part is that he was the most quiet, gentle horse I had. I think that's why I so loved watching him cut loose in a warm, spring field.

Thank you for sharing!

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