Everyday Canvas

Joy in Life and Books

Prompt: "If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you joy in life." Penny Marshall Do you agree with this?

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Who wouldn’t agree with Penny Marshall? Her saying is making a pact with my unsaid motto, which is~~there is always a way out, or else, find another road to follow.~~

Whatever it is that isn’t giving us a personal satisfaction, preventing our momentum in life, or we are going through a dry spell with what we do, we can always go past it by replacing it with something else that we like to do.

To do this, it is always a good idea to cultivate different interests in different areas. This way, if need be, we’ll have a wide choice of things to do and like.

As they say, why flog a dead horse!

Prompt: In the winter, she curls up with a good book and dreams away the cold. What is your take on this?

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Winter can be the actual time when cold weather descends upon us or it can also be the time when nothing seems to work for us. A good book, a book that we may like to lose ourselves in, has always been the answer for me.

Even without the winters of my life, I have always loved to live with books and to live inside them. Through the books, I travel to distant places, even imaginary ones, find other cultures, and learn to peek into the people’s psyches. What can be better than that!