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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"  . 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. |
Istiqlál (Independence), 11 Masá’il (Questions) 174 B.E. - Friday, December 22, 2017 This is the fourth Friday in 2017, in two days I will be 71 years young, and there are nine days left in the year. As of last night, I have given a total of 15,439 reviews since joining writing.com on October 31, 2002. As of this morning, I have 1,923,326 GPs in my Gift Points account. My premium plus membership expires on May 15, 2018, a 12-month membership costs 4,199,500 GPs, to purchase another 12-month membership I need 2,276,174 GPs. I can, if I so chose, extend that membership by either 3 or 6 months. A six month membership cost 2,349,500 GPs and a 3-month membership is 1,399,500 GPs. For a 6-month membership I need 426,154 GPs, and for a 3-month membership I need 76,174 GPs. "My God, my Adored One, my King, my Desire! What tongue can voice my thanks to Thee? I was heedless, Thou didst awaken me. I had turned back from Thee, Thou didst graciously aid me to turn towards Thee. I was as one dead, Thou didst quicken me with the water of life. I was withered, Thou didst revive me with the heavenly stream of Thine utterance which hath flowed forth from the Pen of the All-Merciful." I am thankful that I discovered and accepted Baha'u'llah in the late twentieth century. I have been a Baha'i for over thirty years, and, in those years, I have changed a great deal. My soul, my spirit, is still being transformed by Baha'u'llah. I still encounter test, some of them I fail and some I pass, and I know I will continue to encounter tests and difficulties until the day my soul transcends into the Abha paradise. I also know that the tests I fail, I will encounter again because they are intended to polish the mirror of my soul so that I can reflect the light of Baha'u'llah.  Review at least 24 items during with at least 5 by newbies. Submit at least one poem and one story to a contest. Read two or three more part of God Speaks Again by Kenneth E. Bower. Begin straightening Computer desk. Post at least two or three times to my offsite blog.Since I appear to have survived 2017, I need to begin considering my tentative goals for 2018. I say tentative because I normally don't make my definite goals until Naw-Ruz, which is Wednesday, March 21, 2018. I have signed up for the following challenges in the coming year "Project Write World" and "I Write in 2018" . I have to decide if I am going to continue "Invalid Item" in 2018. I had problems participating this year, when my computer went down. I discovered it is difficult to post anything from a smartphone. I will give this some thoughts and prayers over the next nine days, and make my final decision on "Invalid Item" by January 1, 2018.Footnotes |
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