Junvette Khu-iay Khu-iay Vallespin

XI- STEM Service

The book entitled Daily Splashes of Joy 365 Gems to Sparkle your day is
written by Barbara Johnson. Mrs. Johnson is a strong Christian woman who wrote
a lot of books including this book that is based on her daily experiences in life,
which made her to be contented and grateful of the life she had. (Amazon 2010).
She is a popular conference speaker and was voted as the Celebrity Mom of The
Year in 1996 and kwon as the Geranium Lady after she wrote her book entitled
Geranium in your Hat and Be Happy. (Cision, 2020) and also known for being the
Queen of Encouragement. Her books have comforted millions of women that
brought them hope and humor in times of distress and devastating situations. She
has also seen how a simple message of hope could uplift a life that is left in latters.
This book “Daily Splashes of Joy” is a devotional book consisting of the 365 days
in a year is filled with stories that could lighten up souls, minds and heart every
day. Joy and laughter are the main foci present upon reading this book. Putting
and letting the Lord enter our lives could possibly result on building a strong
relationship with him. It would also let individuals to learn on how to accept things,
smile through the hardship, laugh on the situation and build strong relationship
towards other most especially to the Lord, though it might not easy when
problems really embraced someone’s life tightly. (Thomas 2005).
A lot of interesting quotes, bible verses, heart-warming stories, jokes, witty
cartoons and heart-ache survival strategies are present upon reading Daily
Splashes of Joy. (Amazon, 2010). There are a lot of new learning’s that could help
someone fall into deep realizations and change the way of thinking from being a
pessimist into an optimist type of person. Humor also played a great role on
individuals because it could remove anxiety, worries and stress in a person. Hot to
keep a relationship even stronger for married couples and in friends. The author is
good-natured enough to share her life experiences that could also change the
perspective of the readers especially to those who have lost hopes and light in
their lives. She was able to give enlightenment to those individuals filled with
darkness and individuals where hatred overpowered themselves due to many
responsibilities, financial problems, arguments and such types of challenges. The
most attractive and catchy part were the quotes because it gives hope and
chance to the readers to live the best out of their lives. The stories are dedicated
to all: families, friends, parents, spouses, men and women. It also consists of
meaningful messages that could light up the mood of the readers. It could also
soothe tormented hearts with the love and grace of the Lord. (Barnes and
Noble,n.d.) Pain might be inevitable but being joyful is one of the weapons to win
the battle. The author thus is full of wisdom and positive thoughts in life. She is
capable of removing negativities out in life of an individual through reading this
book. Upon reading it could make everyone figure out that all is blessed to be a
blessing that all problems can be forgotten when laughing and being joyful is
applies (Amazon, 2010).
However, as what I have observed some words, phrases and sentences
written in quotes were delivered frankly by the author and were heavy at some
point and unpleasant to the eyes. “Learn from your parents mistakes, Use birth
control.” Is one of the quotes that mean something inappropriate? It might be
direct to the point, but the usage of those words is rough. Death is also
emphasized in the story, how love is a curse, how men could destroy women
thoroughly, and lot more harrowing words. It might be at some point a fact, but
the use of words should not be oppressive and excruciating because it could
somehow affect the entire message. Though it cannot be avoided and yet it can
be lessened. There were also some content that cannot be easily understood and
some stories don’t have a connection to the quotes and bible verses being
written. There were also illustrations that don’t fit the content because it is
overrated.
Those heavy words, phrases or sentences present in the content cannot be
avoided because all of us are capable of judging and critiquing without even
knowing that the word being used have gone farther on where it must be.
However, there are still words used in a much better way wherein the thought and
delivery of the message is still conveyed appropriately. The point and idea of the
message is still there. In terms of the content, be specific and use words that is
understandable for the readers because complex words could bring confusion
and is time consuming for the reason that some of the readers will read it all over
again until they get the point and some of it would lose interest in reading due to
it. They would end up reading and finishing the book with some doubts and
unexplained thoughts.
Another issue is the illustration that the readers could see upon reading. The
readers could really see that those illustrations were overrated and doesn’t suit
the idea of the message written below it some are still confusing. Upon that it is
better if it were presented when it is necessary and really needed especially on
confusing part of the content so that the readers could still catch up the idea and
understand it and when the message must be emphasized, has a great impact,
contains a very big idea or scope, and is very significant. In addition, always
connect the quotes to the stories. But there are also a lot of ways on how to
improve in writing the book and it is much better if the improvement made could
really mark the minds of the readers after they had read the book. Stay blessed
every day! Do not forget to smile and spread laughter to others no matter how
hard the situation is.