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Sunday Scribblings had a topic 'Joy'.
The Joy of Playing Hard To Get.
Most people have the wrong idea
About joy and how to find it.
Very few know what it is
And fewer still defined it.
Some think it's on the golf course,
Others in a grandchild on the knee,
Some take to writing poems,
Others search beside the sea.
Some think it found in chemicals
Of confectionery, drink or pills;
Others look for it in adrenalin
That fuels their need for thrills.
Advertisers, of course, sell the line
That you life is dull and grey
Unless you eat their products
Or drive their car away.
But joy is a mixed up mugger,
Hidden where you can’t detect it,
But leaps out and then rewards you
When you least of all expect it.
Searching for joy is pointless,
A misguided thing to do;
Set your heart on contentment
And let joy come looking for you.
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© 2011 J Cosmo Newbery
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"Happiness is like a butterfly:
the more you chase it, the more it will elude you,
but if you turn your attention to other things,
it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."
- Thoreau
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14 comments:
Noice
Beautiful and so true dear J Cosmo, I also love the quote from Thoreau.
xoxoxo ♡
So true. And so beautifully written!
Love the last stanza best.
A wise poem, with a lovely last stanza.
Joy is indeed a mixed up mugger..I of course was attracted to the chemical verse..a fine write..Jae
How very true :)
A joy of a poem.
joy .. so elusive .. but definitely 'joyful' when it finds you
So true, and beautifully said!
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Good one :)
I think we carry joy within us, we don't need to find it, it is always there. If our other emotions are stronger then it might be difficult for Joy to shine through.
Yes, possibly. May be not joy itself but the willingness to find it.
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