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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.  |
| Prompt: “Your new start is only as far away as your fear has parked it.” Craig D. Lounsbrough What does this quote mean to you? And/or are you planning any new starts in the coming year? And which kinds of joys and fears come to your mind about the next twelve months? ------------- Isn't fear the cause of many ills, setbacks, and missed opportunities with anything new and with everything else! I believe this is because fear creates a distance between us and the workings of the world. Some of us are not only fearful of failure, but also rejection, the unknown, or even success. Any "new start" represents a goal, a chapter in life, a wish we'd love to pursue, and any new opportunity. When fear steps into our minds, then, it is time to look where we place this new start. Fear never eliminates opportunities, but the way I look at it, it freezes them into immobility. So to us, those opportunities seem out of reach. Just think of all the wonderful poets and writers who weren't known at all during their own lifetimes. Remember Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allen Poe, Kafka, Lovecraft, Marcel Proust, and Fredrich Nietzsche? I always wonder if some kind of a fear held them back. Of course, this also could be due to their indifference to fame and fortune, and I do understand that since like some of us, I cherish my privacy. These people, however, did not only held themselves back but also, they could have stopped the others from enjoying and benefiting from their talents. What if, by some chance, their works were lost to the world? Could we call their holding back "selfishness"? This makes me think of all the good works and culture our world is now missing through that kind of a selfishness and the fear of the unknown. There is an accountability, here, isn't there? My answer to the question in the quote is: I am not a fortune teller and I don't know anything about what the new year will bring where fears and joys could be concerned. And no, I'm not planning any new ventures in 2025, but this doesn't mean that I'll stop doing or planning anything new during the next twelve months. On this day and hour, if I could work on the old ones and make them better, I'd be quite satisfied. After all, the future is an open book. |
| Prompt: Why does January feel like a year- long Monday? ----------- Does it? I haven't noticed any dragging. It may feel like it's dragging since we have a long year ahead and we may be worried about the way the world is going to you-know-where-in-a-handbasket. Yet, to my knowledge, in only online and social sites January is christened as the longest month. Still, it lasts just 31 days, like several other months. It could also be what we might call this the holiday slump. Since December has the overload of all the fun, excitement, and action. January, afterwards all that, becomes a letdown. Also, with January, we get the worse weather in most places. Even here, in FL, I'm wearing a sweater today, although the sun is shining full force outside. Another thing is, people make resolutions for the new year that they cannot possibly keep. That's why I never make any new-year's resolutions, by the way. I have enough on my plate as it is, and I know my limits. Then, let's face it, this is a new year and it comes with new pressures, such as financial ones, the change of the president, and tax time looming on the horizon. Just thinking about all this makes me want to zoom to another space and time. Yet, no pain is eternal. We must keep that in mind. And let's not forget. January is only 31 days.  It won't last forever. |
| Prompt: Use these words in your entry today: selflessness, heroic, determination, fierce, longshots, peanuts, and timeouts ------------- Defeat his *heroic *determination, immense selflessness* reigned, and he made sense my husband said, "Be brave, no one is here to stay" while I chased his *longshots, faraway and I was *fierce and bold, against all odds I challenged medicine with doctors its gods yet never got a break, tiny like *peanuts for *timeouts and doom reshaped my struts since, "brave" alone was never enough losing a loved one for the heart is rough. |
| Prompt: 2025. What are your plans and hopes for the new year? ----------- To answer your question, to live through it in one piece. At my age, this is the best I can do.  In addition, I hope no more businesses will close due to financial problems or any other ones. And my bank stays put where it is. I'm worried they'll close the branch close to me and I'll have to travel to the next town. Then, I hope all wars will end, and at least while I am alive, no ruler or no country will start more wars and acts of terrorism. I also wish that my sons and everyone else's kids stay happy, healthy, and successful. On the other hand, there’s really not much difference between an old year and a new one. I don’t need a new year to make positive changes in my life, I can do that anytime. However, what better time than now? Now is an "always" word. Now means the moment or time I'm in and I'm always in the "now." And "now", if I want to see some real, positive change in my life, it’s going to take some hard thinking. "Change is always difficult, but it is so worth it," they say! Really? In old age, any change is almost impossible to handle because we don't have the same material and capability in our bodies and minds. My kids argue this point with me. They say, "But didn't you hear about the 97 year-old man who climbed such and such a mountain?" But, my dears, an exception doesn't make the rule. Luckily, I've been "so far so good." In other words, still manageable...somewhat! We'll see!  |
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