I think we do forget to be in the moment. We see the big picture as overwhelming forgetting that all the little pieces are what makes is special in the moment. I know I'm guilty of that a lot.
Joy Apr 28, 2025 at 11:22am In response to "The Prompt"
Absolutely! I agree with you. After a certain time in our lives, circumstances permitting, we can create ourselves. The problem, if there's a problem, lies with our paying far too much attention to what others may say. As you pointed out, mostly, external creation leads to self-creation.
Awesome response. The poem Wasteland poem was also written shortly after the ending of World War I and there were many areas that looked like wasteland so it's an effective reminder of what man is capable of doing. Also in earlier times when battles were more dependent on good weather typically April the troops would stir after their winter encampments and begin fighting again. Another sad reminder of man's creating wasteland and burials of the dead.
In Japan I saw very old trees. In the USA trees are not always valued for their "inner spirit" nor the joy they give others. One tree I saw in Takayama was 800+ years old. Americans cannot fathom that.
Not only do you summarize one of Chaplin's movies - City Lights (and I do believe the flower girl was blind) - but you manage to weave in Chaplin's life story and why 'The Tramp' was created in the first place.
He came from nothing and became such an icon, all while showing the world that you did not have to lose your humanity in the process.
Thanks for joining me in celebrating Charlie Chaplin's 136th birthday with your tribute!
There is a pandemic at hand. People are dying all over the world in lakhs. The nations economy is in the pits. China is threatening on your door and all that the media has time to report is the death of a Bollywood actor who is no way is connected to most of us. COVID IS .... CHINESE THREAT IS.... ECONOMIC TURMOIL affects us but all one hears from morning to evening is the death of one Bollywood star. Loss of any human life is sad and I am sorry a young man had to lose his life and in the same breath I am equally pained when farmers commit suicide, when a young girl commits suicide because her father can’t afford a Smart Phone to study and many other school kids like her. How come that did not find media space like this case ?
Is a poor man’s daughters life less important than that of a Bollywood actor? If the same empathy and interest had been shown in numerous rape cases many unfortunate girls would have got justice. But they don’t buy TRP like this does and most important is educated people in 21 Century believing in hocus-pocus and Black Magic. What level of intellectual bankruptcy have we become prey to. All these high sounding degrees that we flash around is total Bad if all our entire media space is dictated by one death of a Bollywood actor? Sickening..
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