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Daily Cascade

by Joy

Rated: 18+ · Book · Writing · #2326194

A new blog to contain answers to prompts

Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas " became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.

Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

tj gives thanks for all things

about 9 hours ago
In response to "On Thanksgiving and Thankfulness"

I agree, we should be thankful for all things (good and bad) every day. Thanksgiving is a lovely day to gather with others and give special thanks, or to reset, as you have stated. However, I try to give thanks for all things every night before I end my day.

I say try because some days it's difficult to give thanks for much at all with all the side effects of the chemo, not to mention how difficult it is to be thankful for having cancer. But I trust in the Lord and know it all works together for His plan for me.

BIG BAD WOLF is Howling

about 11 hours ago
In response to "On Thanksgiving and Thankfulness"

I wrote a poem about Thanksgiving a while back.

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AmyJo-Where did 2025 go???

about 12 hours ago
In response to "On Thanksgiving and Thankfulness"

I agree with you. Giving thanks should not be relegated to just one day a year. We should have a mindset on being thankful. I do like the idea of using Thanksgiving day as a "reset" button to get into the habit of being thankful. We have become way to self-absorbed and it shows.

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BIG BAD WOLF is Howling

Nov 23, 2025 at 4:04pm
In response to "That Priceless Smile!"

Of course, there's that lovely new Psychological Horror series where you don't want to see a smile.

Lazy Writer est 4/24/2008

Nov 23, 2025 at 1:05pm
In response to "That Priceless Smile!"

I always try to smile its up to the other person yo accept it or not..but i agree we must use wise judgment too.

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Joy

Nov 23, 2025 at 11:44am
In response to "On a November Quote"

Witchy Woman

Yes, November has a tinge of sadness, but then it isn't the same November everywhere that we've known up north.

Brandiwyn🎶Sprinting

Ahha! Now I know. Of course! Valentine's day has to be the instigator.

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Brandiwyn🎶Sprinting

Nov 22, 2025 at 9:21pm
In response to "On a November Quote"

I think(?) it was Storm Machine

(b. Nov. 21) who pointed out that November is 9-ish months after Valentine's Day, which may explain why I know so many with November birthdays.

1 Like

Witchy Woman

Nov 22, 2025 at 1:21pm
In response to "On a November Quote"

November to me was always been a visual reminder that another year is ending with all the barren trees and dying grass waiting for their winter coats. I enjoyed the stillness when I was outside. It's been different here in Vegas because there aren't the same visual cues the year is ending. The temperature variants are the only cues that it's November not June.

Happy birthday to all the November babies.

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Joy

Nov 22, 2025 at 12:55pm
In response to "On a November Quote"

Soldier_Mike

There you go! Maybe November is a very happy month with nice people's birthdays.

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Soldier_Mike

Nov 22, 2025 at 12:53pm
In response to "On a November Quote"

Novembers are mostly happy months for me, as well. Twins born in the middle, Mom's birthday near the beginning, Dad's a week and a half later, my youngest daughter's wedding... cool dates pretty much scattered throughout.

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November 25, 2025 at 1:28pm

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On Thanksgiving and Thankfulness

Prompt: Thanksgiving
What is thankfulness to you and why is an expression of gratitude important? Also, should we be grateful in only one day in a year?

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No, definitely not. Gratefulness should not be held captive inside only one day in the year. That one day, however, is a reset button for us to keep on being grateful. Although I can see that some may take it as a ritual and others as a boundary for gratefulness.

Yet, I do love the Thanksgiving Day. What I mean is, once the Thanksgiving day is over and we have given ourselves the permission "to have done our thankfulness, once and for all," we are more excited to take part in the Black Friday savings, and our feeling thankful has changed into consumerism. Also, if we say, "I'm thankful for..." only because it's Thanksgiving, it means we haven't mastered the feeling of thankfulness throughout the year.

As to the original question in the prompt, thankfulness to me is a way of living that needs to be honored everyday. That is why some of us keep daily thankfulness journals. This way, we don't constrict our gratitude and we learn to appreciate even the tiniest details in our lives.

This is because feeling and expressing and writing about the things we're thankful for, every day or often, is an antidote to entitlement. depression, and cynicism. It turns the ordinary into extraordinary and strengthens our capacity for empathy, resilience, and connection. It is not about ignoring our difficulties, but about finding the light within the shadows.

At the end, being truly thankful gives me a positive sight of the world. Bring truly thankful offers me the appreciation for my first sip of the tea in the morning, the warmth of my loved ones' smiles, finding the right words when I write, the resilience of my own spirit when something goes wrong, plus the sight of the birds, trees, and sunset, and the ocean because they exist, and I have been given the ability to see and enjoy them.

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