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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. |
Jamál (Beauty), 14 Bahá (Splendour), 147 BE - Sunday, April 2, 2017 CE It's Sunday morning about 10:36 AM and I just took my blood pressure pill. I used to take it between 8:00-9:00 AM until I forgot to take it for a couple of day. When I thought about it it was after 10:00 AM, but instead I waiting until the next day, which is why I didn't take it for a couple of days, I decided the best thing to do would be to take it. I'll attempt to take it about 10:15 tomorrow and just do it a little earlier each day until I'm back to taking it at 9:00 AM. I still have to get back to walking so I'll have to work on that this afternoon or in the morning. I started "Jails" as part of an essay for "Project Write World" , the essay that one of the other team members was better so she posted it. I'm not sure I should have been in "Project Write World" this year because for some reason I wasn't as inspired as normal. I may not be part of it next year; I'll have to give that more thought. I still don't know what I'm going to do with these two paragraphs. However, I'll think of something.Jails "It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones." Nelson Mandela Originally the purpose of jails was holding the accused until they could be punished.1 Those put in jails ranged from thieves or other criminals to those whose crime was having a different religion or belief system then the people in power. Punishment ranged from whippings and beatings to public executions. Both men and women were put in the prisons. Both genders were subject to the same punishment. In many of these prisons human rights was not a consideration. The American prison system, while it still need improvement, may be one of the best in the world. In Iran, for example non-Muslim prisoners, especially Baha'is, are incarcerated because of their religion. This has been going on since 1844 when the Bab, the forerunner of Baha'u'lah, declared his mission. In 1850 the Bab was executed in front of the firing squad. While in 1853 Baha'u'llah was exied to Baghdad. The situation for the Baha'is in Iran haven't gotten significantly better. Since 2005 more the 935 Baha'is have been arrested. There are still at least 100 Baha'is in prison today for no other reason then their religion.2 Lines for a Haiku Sonnet pain in my fingers I intone a healing prayer it soothes aching soul allegory headache vaporizing action fights nasal congestion Footnotes |
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