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" ![]() "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), 18 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Gratitude List for 18 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Idál (Justice), 19 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Tired of Dealing with People1 I am so tired of deal with people that I want to cry. All morning, I've dealt with telephone and harassers, who obviously want to bring my blood pressure up. I need a mental health day, so I've decided to turn my cell phone off on Friday, and take the house phone off the receiver. I'd take a mental health day on Thursday, but I have a doctor's appointment and I need the phone that day. Gratitude List for 19 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Kamál (Perfection), 16 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Monday, July 29, 2019 It's Monday, July 29, I haven't made a gratitude list or posted to Poet999 - A Butterfly Emerges From Her Cocoon ![]() ![]() Gratitude List for 16 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Summer Poems2 Summer poems rise like the temperature spreading across the city of the poet's muse. Facebook Status Update The grasshoppers, that invaded the Las Vegas strip, ignored my section of town entirely. I've figured out the reason. I live in one of the poorer sections of town. The grasshoppers were afraid that we would catch them and eat them. Footnotes |
Istiqlál (Independence), 13 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Friday, July 26, 2019 Thoughts on Writing Poems3 Find the theme, sometimes it's a dream, write the first word-- an echo you heard. One line at a time, sometimes there are rhymes, focus of simile or metaphor: What is the subject you are looking for? Gratitude List for 13 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Istijlál (Majesty), 12 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Thursday, July 25, 2019 In a World Free of Fear4 In a world free of fear eys sleep without tears. Humanity join hands, as a single species, in building bridges to unity. The melodies of heaven run through the human mind when eyes kiss eyes in a symphony of love. Gratitude List for 12 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
‘Idál (Justice), 11 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Wednesday, July 24, 2019 Humanity Is One!5 Bound together By the ancient Covenant of God We are one race From the beginning That has no beginning God has renewed it With each generation With each succeeding Manifestation God's Covenant was renewed God will continue Renewing His Covenant to the end That will have no end Gratitude List for 11 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Kamál (Perfection), 9 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Monday, July 22, 2019 Gratitude List for 9 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fiḍál (Grace), 10 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Tuesday, July 23, 2019 Summer in Las Vegas6 Have I written this poem before? Summer in Las Vegas is triple digit temperatures, sometimes with rain and sometimes without it. Sometimes I miss Oklahoma with its tornadoes, rolling thunder, and crisp bolts of lightning. Sometimes I prefer Nevada with its dark storm clouds, crisp lightning bolts, rolling thunder, and triple digit temperatures. Gratitude List for 10 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Jalál (Glory), 7 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Saturday, July 20, 2019 Gratitude List for 7 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jamál (Beauty), 8 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Sunday, July 21, 2019 Thoughts on Humanity7 Humanity is a single race, with it roots in Africa. We are the children of migrations that carried the species out of Africa and dispersed it across Earth. Gratitude List for 8 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Istijlál (Majesty), 5 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Thursday, July 18, 2019 Gratitude List for 5 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Istiqlál (Independence), 6 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Friday, July 19, 2019 Remembering the Moon Landing8 I sat awestruck watching the news! At last, humanity had landed on the moon, my world became smaller that day and the universe larger. I still get a lump in my throat when I remember those events: I thank God for being born in such an awe inspiring and exciting time in history. Gratitude List for 6 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
‘Idál (Justice), 4 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Wednesday, July 17, 2019 The World Needs Poets9 Poets are necessary to the sanity of humanity, without poets the world would be colorless, hope would not exists, and we would not know the passion of a rose. Gratitude List for 4 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Fiḍál (Grace), 3 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Crop Circles10 Geometric circles Plant stems bent not broken, The mystery increases, Chills flow up the spine of fear, Hair stands on end, Questions echo through the mind: Elves dancing on the corn? Aliens waltzing on the wheat? Angels communicating God's love? Gratitude List for 3 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Kamál (Perfection), 2 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Monday, July 15, 2019 Vapor Lock11 The inspiration is there dawn still comes in all its scarlet splendor lovers meet, embrace, fight, kiss, and separate traffic flows, road kill decomposes, stars shine, planets condenses, suns novae, birth, death, and resurrection occur. The inspiration is there, but the flow is blocked obstructed by stress overheating, by bubbles forming between the fuel pump and the engine. Gratitude List for 2 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Jamál (Beauty), 1 Kalimát (Words) 176 B.E. - Sunday, July 14, 2019 Two Poems A Day12 One hundred and seven days to write one hundred and sixty four poems: Is this possible? Withe the help of Baha'u'llah and the Bab, I believe it is. If I write two poems a day it will take me eighty-two days, that will give me twenty-five days to review what I have written to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab. Gratitude List for 1 Kalimát Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Jalál (Glory), 19 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Saturday, July 13, 2019 The Catalyst13 Two centuries have passed since His birth in Shiraz, and humanity moves toward unity. His birth in 1819, and His death in 1850 were the catalyst to humanity's transformation. This year we celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab, who--along with Baha'u'lllah-- has created a vision of unity for humanity. Gratitude List for 19 Rahmat Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Istijlál (Majesty), 17 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Thursday, July 11, 2019 Gratitude List For 17 Rahmat Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() Istiqlál (Independence), 18 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Friday, July 12, 2019 Gratitude List For 18 Rahmat ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Fiḍál (Grace), 15 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Tuesday, July 9, 2019 Gratitude List For 15 Rahmat Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Idál (Justice), 16 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Wednesday, July 10, 2019 Keeping the Electricity On14 Summer is here with triple digit temperatures and outrageous power bills: Where is the money coming from to keep the electricity on? Gratitude List For 16 Rahmat Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Jamál (Beauty), 13 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Sunday, July 7, 2019 Gratitude List For 13 Rahmat Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kamál (Perfection), 14 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Monday, July 8, 2019 Gratitude List For 14 Rahmat Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Jalál (Glory), 12 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Saturday, July 6, 2019 My Grandfather's Word15 My Grandfather had a word for it, for the bitching, the complaining, and the grumbling under your breath. It was mulligrubbing, it wasn't ladylike, it wasn't gentleman-like, it was worrying aloud and being rude to disturb others with your gripping. Gratitude List For 12 Rahmat Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Istiqlál (Independence), 11 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Friday, July 5, 2019 Cats16 In the morning they are like rick black coffee each sip a hot claw in your bare hands. Gratitude List For 11 Rahmat Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |
Istijlál (Majesty), 10 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Thursday, July 4, 2019 Independence17 Independence is a spiritual virtue, a divine attribute, that humanity must use responsibly. Gratitude List For 10 Rahmat Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Facebook Status Update The pain in my left thumb is the silence between our souls. It is the distant echoes of small arms fire that severs the arteries of love. Footnotes |
‘Idál (Justice), 9 Rahmat (Mercy) 176 B.E. - Wednesday, July 3, 2019 Waking Up18 I wake before dawn pours cream into the black coffee of night. I rise before mourning doves lament the passing wind. Gratitude List For 9 Rahmat Today I am thankful ... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Footnotes |