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 Gratitude breaks the spell of Writers Block |
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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. |
Fiḍál (Grace), 4 Ayyám-i-Há (The Days of Há), 173 BE - Tuesday, February 28, 2017 CE about 10:50 AM Pacific Standard Time I have decided that for The Fast I will give up the mess on and around my writing desk. This meas dedicating at least thirty minutes each day to cleaning the desk and the area around it. This area includes the wooden T.V. stand on my left, the desk itself, and the area to the right. On the right side of the desk is a red plastic container full of something or other and the printer. There are also five drawers in the desk that I need to clean out. Since I have hoarding tendencies the thought of cleaning anything off or throwing anything away is a bit stressful. stressful or not I have to to do this, if for no other reason then to declutter my life. The end of Ayyám-i-Há for another year. Ayyám-i-Há ends at sunset and ‘Alá’ (Loftiness) begins. February ends at midnight and March begins. Endings are really beginnings. Endings are sad, but beginnings are joyful. Tears and laughter are two sides of the same coin. Each month contains both ends and beginnings, tears and laughter. Life moves from one to the other as we progress through the physical world toward the end of our earthly life and the beginning of a new life for our souls in the spiritual world. Tears say good-bye and laughter says hello.  To Do List For March (‘Alá’ and Baha) Write poem each of the Feasts. Write poem about Sunday Spiritual services. Create book for spiritual poems based on the Baha'i scriptures. Get rid of cable TV subscription while keeping land line and internet. Purchase cartridges for printer both types. Take a walk to the end of the block everyday. Participate in Power Raid for March. Attend spiritual services. Do surveys focusing on Vindale Research and Toluna with other accomplished if I have time. Finish editing Scavengers. Clean off computer desk, TV stand on left side of desk, and red basket to right of desk.I have a lot of stuff on my To Do List. I hope I can finish at least half or three-fourths of the list. I still have to add three or four doctor's appointments to it. Considering how difficult it is to get some appointments I my be seeing specialist into April. Oh well, at least I have a social life offline. I also still have my sense of humor. One of the specialist is a dermatologist to see about a couple of places on my face and left arm.  Poetry Forms To Do List Write a Haiku Sonnet https://dmarshall58.wordpress.com/haiku-sonnets/ Write a Crown of Haiku Sonnets https://dmarshall58.wordpress.com/haiku-sonnets/ Read http://www.sfwa.org/members/elgin/SFPoetry.html Read publication guidelines http://eyetothetelescope.com/submit.html Read about Haiku sonnet https://dmarshall58.wordpress.com/haiku-sonnets/ Cinquain Challenge use the last line of the first stanza as the first line of the second stanza following this through the entire poem with several stanzas A cinquain is a verse of five lines that do not rhyme.Each line has a set number of syllables see below: Line 1: 2 syllables Line 2: 4 syllables Line 3: 6 syllables Line 4: 8 syllables Line 5: 2 syllables |
Jamál (Beauty), 2 Ayyám-i-Há (The Days of Há), 173 BE - Sunday, February 26, 2017 CE The last time I went to a Feast at the Baha'i Center on West Oakey, I purchased a Baha'i date book for January 2017 to March 2018. Now I can see the dates of the Nineteen-Day Feast and Holy Days. 'Ala' (Loftiness) begins on the evening of Tuesday, February 28, and ends on the evening of Sunday, March 19. 'Ala' is the month of Fast when Baha'is abstain from food and drink from sunup to sundown. Since I'm on medication I don't fast. Despite the difficulties I had fasting when I didn't take medication, I miss fasting during 'Ala'. I usually give up coffee during the Fast, however this year I considering changing to sweets. This would include chocolate as well as ice cream, cake, pie and candy. I'll decide before March 1 which I will give up. My mother's birthday is March 19. She would have been 96 years old this year. I want to commemorate her birthday in a special way this year. I think of her every year, but I haven't did anything special on her birthday because it's been difficult and depressing to do something special for it. Mom passed on over three years ago, so I think I'm ready to move on and remember her birthday the way it should be remembered. I problems is deciding how I want to remember it. I don't think I want to visit her grave, but I may change my mind before March 19.
March 20 us Naw-Ruz and the beginning of a the year 174 BE. I haven't heard where the community will celebrate the New Year, however I suspect it will be at the Baha'i Center. It could be after sunset on March 19, if it is I'll have to find a way to the Center and home again. It's difficult for me to drive at night so I do my best to avoid it. I suffer from glaucoma and the beginnings of cataracts. The glaucoma is under control for the present and I don't think the cataracts are getting worse, but it's still difficult to see to drive after dark. I'll figure out how to get to the center after I hear the plans for celebrating. My desk is a mess Which could be causing me stress For The Fast I could give up the mess |
'Idál (Justice), 9 Mulk (Dominion), 173 BE - Wednesday, February 15, 2017 CE Last night I decided I wasn't going to keep a daily accounting. I deleted all the daily accounting entries in this book. From now on I'll just make a To Do List in one of my journals with the things I have to do during the week or month and at the end of the month delete the To Do List entry. Today I transferred all the I Am A NaNo Rebel 2016 to "Memories of Snow" I'll make my gratitude list on Thursday in my offsite blog Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges from her Cocoon. I'm adding an new book to my port. This year is the Bicentenary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah and the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab is in 2019. The new book I'm creating will contain poem and prose inspired by these celebrations. It will also contain poem inspired by the scriptures revealed by Baha'u'llah and the Bab. Right now I'm thinking of calling it Bicentenary Poems or Bicentenary Poems and Prose. I'm not sure which right now. I will decide which by March 20, which is Naw-Ruz. |
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