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Fast Day One: Poems and Gratitude List

Jalál (Glory), 1 ‘Alá’ (Loftiness) 175 B.E. - Saturday, March 2, 2019
Feast of Loftiness

Facebook Status Update

Ala has begun
It's the month of Loftiness
The nineteen-day Fast

Sunrise and Sunset Time for the month of ‘Alá’

March                    Sunrise                    Sunset
1                    6:11 am                    5:35 pm
2                    6:09 am                    5:36 pm
3                    6:08 am                    5:37 pm
4                    6:07 am                    5:38 pm
5                    6:05 am                    5:39 pm
6                    6:04 am                    5:40 pm
7                    6:02 am                    5:40 pm
8                    6:01 am                    5:41 pm
9                    6:00 am                    5:42 pm
10                    6:58 am                    6:43 pm - Daylight savings time begins
11                    6:57 am                    6:44 pm
12                    6:55 am                    6:45 pm
13                    6:54 am                    6:46 pm
14                    6:53 am                    6:47 pm
15                    6:51 am                    6:48 pm
16                    6:50 am                    6:48 pm
17                    6:48 am                    6:49 pm
18                    6:47 am                    6:50 pm
19                    6:45 am                    6:51 pm
20                    6:44 am                    6:52 pm
21                    6:43 am                    6:53 pm

Saturday Morning1

Wind whispering through palm fronds
Gray clouds and sunshine
It rained early this morning

Gratitude List For 1 ‘Alá’

Today I an thankful ...
          ...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn today.
          ...for the banana I have to go with my coffee this morning.
          ...that it is nice enough to keep the front door open.
          ...for the rain we received this morning.
          ...that I finished four poems today: "Love yourself; it will be okay" , "The Arrival of Spring" , "Celebrating Spring" , and "The Wayfarer's Journey Begins" .
          ...for the chocolate ice cream I have for my afternoon snack.
          ...that I have 414,155 GPs in my Gift Points account.
          ...for the prayer app on my smartphone because I can access the prayer for the Fast anytime I want.
          ...that I have finished five poem dedicated to The Bab, so far this year. Those poems are "1 Muharram 1235 AH" , "Intoning the Prayer of The Bab" , "The Great Trumpet Has Sounded" , "Portal of Grace: To The Bab" , and "The Wayfarer's Journey Begins" .

Footnotes
1  I posted this in Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges from Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2019/03/saturday-morning.html.