In the midst of cold-flu-ick-crud season, everyone\u2019s trying to stay germ free. But, there\u2019s one germ I\u2019m hoping goes viral:\u00a0 The Joy Germ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Celebrated every January 8th<\/sup>, National Joy Germ day is a holiday created to remind people \u201cthat by being positive and treating people with kindness, we can influence those around us and pass that positive attitude on to others.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n Joy\nGerm day was established in 1981 by Joan White of Syracuse, New York, in\nhonor of her mother. Here\u2019s Joan\u2019s\nprescription for observing Joy Germ Day: \u201cLaugh, smile, be kind, inspire and spread the one type of germ\nthat is good for everyone to catch!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Joy Germs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s your Joy? Imagine you are a scientist in a happy lab concocting your own Joy Germ. What ingredients would you use? What\u2019s your Joy? What does it smell like? Taste like? Sound like? How would you spread your Joy Germ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Write a poem titled “Joy Germ”<\/p>\n\n\n\n HOW\nTO OBSERVE Joy Germ Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout\nthe day, see how often you can spread the JoyGerm! Use #NationalJoygermDay to\npost on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMay a giant jar of\njaunty joy germs rest gently on you and yours.\u201d\u2014Joan White\n\n\n\nNational Joy Germ Day: https:\/\/nationaldaycalendar.com\/national-joygerm-day-january-8\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kelly Bennett <\/a>and I began\n this 7-Minute Poetry Challenge over 1300 days ago. We now take turns \ncreating our own prompts to share with you. If you join us in the \n7-Minute Poetry Challenge, let us know by posting the title, a note, or \n if you want, the whole poem in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Joy Germ Day In the midst of cold-flu-ick-crud season, everyone\u2019s trying to stay germ free. But, there\u2019s one germ I\u2019m hoping goes viral:\u00a0 The Joy Germ! Celebrated every January 8th, National Joy Germ day is a holiday created to remind people \u201cthat by being positive and treating people with kindness, we can influence those around … Continue reading “Poetry Challenge #121”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1301\/revisions\/1302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Set your timer for 7 minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t think about it too much; just do it!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Start writing! <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n