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January 2019 and Life

‘Idál (Justice), 12 Sulṭán (Sovereignty) 175 B.E. - Wednesday, January 30, 2019

"Midweek Reflections on A Woman Named Tahirih" 

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Blogging Circle of Friends   (E) A group for WDC bloggers. #1901868 by Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Well, January is almost gone, where did the time go? Unfortunately, I was in bed more than I was out. Let's talk about what you accomplished thus far in the new year. Did you make a resolution? Are you keeping it or is it already tossed aside? Did you set any writing goals? How are they going? Is there something you're excited about that's going well thus far?

Now, we're going to talk about February. Our brother group 30 Day is doing a 50/50 fundraising event. There will be prompts and the opportunity to win gps. Fivesixer is looking for packages in the mega raffle as well. Can you help him out.

Love Shouldn't Hurt Poetry and Short Stories contests begin on February 5th.

I believe February is National Haiku Month.

So how about making some new goals for the new month.

January 2019 got off to an interesting, stressful, and inspiring start. I placed my 2019 tentative goals in "New Year's Resolutions" , if I change any of the goals it will be around March 21, which is Naw-Ruz 176 B.E. In the meantime, I have managed to work on all of the goals each week. If I change anything in February, it will be the placeholder goal because it is no longer a placeholder, but a daily or every-other-day goal. I have finish the first of 200 poems I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of The Bab, and placed it in "Bicentenary Poems and Prose" . That poem is "1 Muharram 1235 AH" .

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Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise  (E) Blog City - Every Blogger's Paradise. #1972895 by Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Day 1871 Life is what happens when you have dreams and are busy making plans. What do you think this means?

"What's Life: Two Versions" 

What's Life:
Version 1

What's life but a wake-robin,
Leaving its scent in the air,
A rank smelling fake-robin,
Dying for lack of fresh air?

What's life but a banyan tree,
Sending its roots to the ground,
A cancerous effigy,
Spreading itself all around?

Life, life, we have cursed you twain,
With rife, missile, and knife,
Atom bomb, and acid rain,
How do you answer, "What's Life?"

What's Life:
Version 2

What's life but a didactic,
Lesson on how to survive,
Though its course is erratic,
It teaches us how to exist.

What's life but a quest,
To educate the soul about self,
And humanity's roll in the cosmos,
It bestows true wealth.