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Fiḍál (Grace), 10 Sulṭán (Sovereignty) 176 B.E. - Monday, January 28, 2020

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30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS  (13+) WDC's Longest Running Blog Competition - Hiatus #1786069 by Fivesixer

PROMPT January 28

What's a topic you've always thought would be a great 30dbc discussion, but has never come up in the prompts? Why do you think it would stimulate discussion?

If someone in the same room ask me a question similar to this my response would range any where for serious to smart ass. I could give an answer like global warming or I could say: "It doesn't matter to me. I easy but I'm not cheap." The "easy but not cheap" response usually gets a laugh or a weird stare. The response depends on how long a person has lived in Las Vegas or how many times they've visited the city, and knows "cultural implications" (if that's the right phrase) of the response.

I'm willing to discuss any topic, without giving a "smart ass" remark. I'm also willing to discuss any topic, and make a "smart ass" remark. It depends on my mood, and how much strong--walk under its own power--coffee I've consumed. This week it could also depend on whether or not the maintenance worker, I've been waiting for since Sunday arrives to fix the hot water that's running in the bathroom. The worker hasn't shown up yet today and it's already an hour past the time he was supposed to come today.

I don't mind discussing politics or religion. What I do mind is the person I'm talking to telling me I'm going to hell because my political opinion or my religion differs from theirs. I don't know location of another individual's soul in the next world. My responsibility is the development of my own spiritual attributes and telling people about Baha'u'llah. If the person I'm talking to wants to know more and willing to discuss the subject without getting angry or being impolite, I will continue the discussion. If not, I'll wish the individual a "Bless day" and get on with my life.

I have to come up with three prompts a week for "Blogging Circle of Friends " , sometimes it's difficult and sometimes it's easy. When I respond to a prompt I don't worry about the direction I'm taking it in. I write from my own life experience, which means I will take the prompt in an unexpected direction. The only suggestion I can come up with at the moment is a "Did you know..." and pick out an event in history a recent scientific discovery, such as the vampire star, and see what people have to write.