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Gratitude breaks the spell of Writers Block

Staring at a blank page is like staring into a snowfield. The snow, untouched by civilization and unmarked by living creatures, blinds you for a few minutes, it glistens reflecting subtle shades of pure white and rainbows at odd angles. If you stare at the snow too long, you get lost in the interplay of light and shadow.

As the day wears on, you become awestruck at the beauty of the snow's perfection. You marvel at the way an oak tree cast its ebony shadow across the pure white snow. You watch the tree's shadow change, grow and shrink, as Earth turns and the sun moves from morning to evening. If you stand out in the snow too long without moving, you risk snow bite or freezing.

If you are fortunate, a red fox will walk across your line of sight. The fox will leave his footprints written in the snowfield. As you watch the fox move, the spell holding you in one spot staring at the snow is broken. You are free to go inside out of the cold and out of danger.


I must say,
writing 500 words a day
isn't difficult,
unless I'm attempting to write
on a single subject.

On Monday, October 28, 2013, I began posting my weekly goals at "Weekly Goals" Open in new Window.. On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 I began keeping track of may accomplished goals in this journal.

"O SON OF BEING! Bring thyself to account each day ere thou art summoned to a reckoning;
for death, unheralded, shall come upon thee and thou shalt be called to give account for thy deeds."
Bah'u'll'h The Hidden Words of Bah'u'll'h, Part I.'From the Arabic, #31, page 11

'Heinlein's Rules for Writers

         Rule One: You Must Write
         Rule Two: Finish What Your Start
         Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order
         Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market
         Rule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold'
Robert A. Heinlein

It is enjoined upon every one of you to engage in some form of occupation, such as crafts, trades and the like. We have graciously exalted your engagement in such work to the rank of worship unto God, the True One. Ponder ye in your hearts the grace and the blessings of God and render thanks unto Him at eventide and at dawn. Waste not your time in idleness and sloth. Occupy yourselves with that which profiteth yourselves and others. Thus hath it been decreed in this Tablet from whose horizon the day-star of wisdom and utterance shineth resplendent.
Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah Revealed After the Kitab-i-Aqdas, Pages 21-29: gr 32

I changed the way I did entries in this book several times. Beginning on March 21, 2018 the entries will cover the topics of spiritual, inspirational, and religions. However, the genres it will be under are Women's, Inspirational, and Spiritual with a tag of Religious.
November 3, 2018 at 12:03pm
November 3, 2018 at 12:03pm
#944801
Jalál (Glory), 19 ‘Ilm (Knowledge) 175 B.E. - Saturday, November 3, 2018

It's Saturday, the beginning of a new week for me. I'm back to paying the rent online for a while. I paid the rent yesterday and the back power bill today. Lately, I've been waking up a bit worried and stress, but I'm not sure why. The worry and stress goes away after I say my prayers; perhaps I'm experiencing a disturbing dream that I can't remember. It could, also, be the fact that we will be moving sometime withing the next three months. I'm not looking forward to moving. I don't like to move. Moving is a tests, which I apparently have to master before I can stay in one place.


"Intone, O My servant, the verses of God that have been received by thee, as intoned by them who have drawn nigh unto Him, that the sweetness of thy melody may kindle thine own soul, and attract the hearts of all men. Whoso reciteth, in the privacy of his chamber, the verses revealed by God, the scattering angels of the Almighty shall scatter abroad the fragrance of the words uttered by his mouth, and shall cause the heart of every righteous man to throb. Though he may, at first, remain unaware of its effect, yet the virtue of the grace vouchsafed unto him must needs sooner or later exercise its influence upon his soul."
Baha’u’llah1

Celestial Inspiration2

Open the book of celestial inspiration,
its chapters are the sacred scriptures
of every religion.

Real aloud the holy verse,
feeling the Holy Spirit
as it flows through
sentence,
paragraph,
page,
and chapter.

Gratitude List For 19 ‘Ilm

Today I am thankful...
         *BulletV* ...that I have 1,132 points in My Survey account.
         *BulletV* ...that I was able to pay part of the power bill today.
         *BulletV* ...that I finished The Book of Celestial Inspiration  Open in new Window. by david Langness, which is Part 3 of Read Something Sacred Everyday  Open in new Window..
         *BulletV* ...that I have 3,874,776 GPs in my Gift Points account.
         *BulletV* ...that I have 545 in my Survey Spot account.



Footnotes
1  Gleanings from the Writings of Baha’u’llah, p. 295.
2  I posted this poem in Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges From Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/

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