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Rated: 18+ · Book · Women's · #1649240
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.
March 17, 2020 at 10:28pm
March 17, 2020 at 10:28pm
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ʻIdál (Justice), 18 ʻAláʼ (Loftiness) 176 B.E. Wednesday, March 18, 2020

On the Seventeenth Day of Fast1

I inhale the chill of morning,
and meditate
on the meaning
of the Nineteen-Day Fast:
Letting Go
and Letting God.

Gratitude List for 18 ʻAláʼ

Today I am thankful ...
         *BulletV* ...that I was able to pick up my March Senior Commodities allotment today.
         *BulletV* ...for the fresh brewed coffee I had this morning.
         *BulletV* ...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn today.
         *BulletV* ...for the double chocolate cupcake I had this morning with my coffee.
         *BulletV* ...that I have 1,015,134 GPs in my Gift Points account.
         *BulletV* ...for the chocolate covered crunch dibs I had as my afternoon snack.
         *BulletV* ...that I have $28.89 in my Send Earnings account.

On the Eighteenth Day of Fast2

I give thanks
for the blessing of the Fast,
and the approach of Naw-Ruz.

Footnotes
1  I posted this on Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges From Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2020/03/on-seventeenth-day-of-fast.html.
2  Facebook Status Update.
March 17, 2020 at 11:29am
March 17, 2020 at 11:29am
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Fiḍál (Grace), 16 ʻAláʼ (Loftiness) 176 B.E. Tuesday, March 17, 2020

On the Sixteenth Day of Fast3

I meditate on a Fasting prayer:
it is the wine of Divine love
flowing from the Holy Spirit
into the chalice of immortality.

Gratitude List for 16 ʻAláʼ

Today I am thankful ...
         *BulletV* ...that my Bank of America checking account isn't overdrawn.
         *BulletV* ...for fresh brewed coffee on this beautiful winter morning.
         *BulletV* ...that I have 578 points in my Survey Junkie account.
         *BulletV* ...for the penny I found laying face up on the floor.
         *BulletV* ...that I have 1,012,434 GPs in my Gift Points account.
         *BulletV* ...for the Arizona sweet ice tea I had for dinner.

Facebook Status Update

The world has gone utterly mad!
I WILL NOT panic!
I have placed all my affairs
in the hands of Baha'u'llah.

Footnotes
3  I posted this on Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges From Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2020/03/on-sixteenth-day-of-fast.html.


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