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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 GoalsOpen 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.
January 27, 2018 at 11:12am
January 27, 2018 at 11:12am
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Jalál (Glory), 10 Sulṭán (Sovereignty) 174 B.E. - Saturday, January 27, 2018

“All the people of the world are, as thou dost observe, in the sleep of negligence. They have forgotten God altogether. They are all busy in war and strife. They are undergoing misery and destruction. The souls who have been enlightened with the light of the Kingdom, however, have founded eternal sovereignty. They shine, like unto the stars, upon the horizon of everlasting glory”
Abdu'l-Bahá

Sovereignty Prayer-Meditation

Oh Thou All-Merciful
assist humanity to shine
like a star on the horizon of sovereignty
and reveal to the dark souls the Glory of God.

The Last Saturday in January 2018

It is the last Saturday in January 2018, I review the things goals I have achieved, and the goals I have not achieved. I am on Part 48 of the series "God Speaks Again"1 by Kenneth E. Bowers. I am not going to look at the articles I have left to read because it will just stress me. When I get stressed I tend to procrastinate, which means I usually play online solitaire games of some type. Since I want to avoid those games (they waste time) I will not look ahead, but instead keep pushing on in an effort to finish this series in February.


The other series, on BahaiTeachings.org2, I want to read this years is " Figuring Out Prophecy"3 by Christopher Buck. These are not the only series of articles I want to read, however, I will finish these before beginning too many of the other articles I am interested in. The only exception I will make has to do with new article series beginning this year.

Footnotes
1  http://bahaiteachings.org/series/god-speaks-again
2  http://bahaiteachings.org/
3  http://bahaiteachings.org/series/figuring-out-prophecy



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