Friday, May 27, 2022

Friday Writings #28: Heartening and Unselfish

Greetings, dear poets and storytellers. How are you and muse doing these days? Well, I hope; or, at least, as well as anyone can be considering the state of the world. Speaking of the state of the world, last week, Rosemary asked us “How are you coping with this time of war, plague, natural disasters, and the deep disturbance many people are cast into by all the stress? How are those around you managing? Horror and anxiety are natural reactions. We need, more than ever, to be kind to ourselves and each other.” The whole thing stayed with me, especially the last bit… which inspired the topic for today’s optional prompt.

I agree with Rosemary, “We need, more than ever, to be kind to ourselves and each other.” With that thought in mind, I invite you to write poetry or prose inspired by something heartening and unselfish a stranger did for you or for someone else. The news is full of nightmarish events. Let’s try to balance things out. Write about something encouraging, a nice gesture, something that made you feel good about a fellow being human, even if for just a moment.

If the prompt doesn’t speak to you, share a piece of your choosing. Let it be new or old, short or longish (prose pieces should be 369 words or fewer). Share the direct link to your post. One link per participant. After you add your words, remember to visit other writers, read their words, let them know how they made you feel.

housekeeping: some of our members have been experiencing problems with Blogger, which keeps them from adding their names/emails to their comments. If this is happening to you—if Blogger is forcing you to comment as “Anonymous”—please introduce yourself at the beginning of your comment (i.e., This is Magaly) or add it the end.

for next week, Rommy will ask us to write poetry or prose about the small rituals or daily routines that make up our lives.

photo by Matt Collamer, on Unsplash
(No, this isn’t déjà vu. I just thought that the picture was too perfect not to share again). 

22 comments:

  1. Thanks, Magaly. It's a lovely prompt. I immediately recalled a case in point ... and didn't write of it, because that set me off on a whole train of thought which arrived somewhere else entirely! But I'll bear it in mind for the future.

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  2. Hi Rosemary thank you for your comment I couldn't find create things are tough at the moment Jae

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    1. Oh, I was just meaning to correct my own typo. Thanks for getting back to me. Sending you love and light. xx

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    2. Thank you Rosemary

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  3. Some people are having trouble with Blogger. Me, I'm having difficulty accessing Wordpress accounts at present. If I don't comment on your writing this time, that's why – I will have tried!

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  4. 'great tip about the introduction in anonymous" commenting
    much💛love

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  5. Oh good morning oh you wonderful people - please please forgive me- I was intrigued this morning with this prompt - and had a tumble of thoughts which I spilled and posted here .. please please forgive me I see now that my word count is over the allotted . Hugs to all . I have read all you have posted and haven't been able to comment yet but I shall. Thank you for this wonderful venue. It is a balm to return to this safe harbor. A supreme kindness in a world that seems far too plagued by the opposite.

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    1. Whoops I see Blogger has anonymized me - which is somewhat humorous given that my piece was tormenting me as I was writing about bestowing mitzvahs which are supposed to be ANONYMOUS - ah the workings of the Universe... This is Pearl !

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    2. Dear Pearl, I'd usually delete posts that don't follow the guidelines. But I will not this time around. It feels... kind.

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    1. Okay, I am without a face - but my name has returned...by adding it where prompted by Google account. Enjoy the time of day wherever you are - I'll return later on... Hugs and love ...

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    2. Good grief I'm anonymous again.. I suppose I'd need to add my name for each comment.

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    3. Dear Pearl, it's good to welcome you back. And yes, if you don't realise beforehand that you're going to be anonymized – love that word! – one solution is another quick comment to say, 'This is Pearl' (or whoever).

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  7. Blogger has hijacked me too. Sometimes I can post anonymously, most not even that today. I think I'm okay on Wordpress. We'll see
    Jim.

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    1. Blogger is nuts. That's my scientific conclusion.

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    2. Hi all - Pearl again here... I am swallowing up all your delicious words.. forgive me if I'm having trouble commenting.. Not quite sure what has happened to Blogger in my time away .... Anyhoo.... in attempting to look through my settings - found comments that were "waiting for moderation" from 2019!!! Oh my goodness .. Apologies and thank yous to those who did comment ....

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    3. I have set things up to be notified by email of comments awaiting my moderation ... though I still miss some older ones occasionally.

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    4. Pearl, I do the same as Rosemary. Comments gone missing is one of the reason I started moderating them. So glad you found some of yours.

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  8. Hi All. I'm Larry. Hope you are well and happy here

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