Writing in Snow

Sunday Poems and Gratitude List

Jamál (Beauty), 5 Núr (Light) 176 B.E. - Sunday, June 9, 2019

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He is the Royal Falcon
My soul is a broken winged bird
The Glory of God heals my drooping wings

Gratitude List For 5 Núr

Today I am thankful ...
          ...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn this morning.
          ...for the fresh brewed hot coffee I had this morning.
          ...that I was able to finish the article The Bab: The Dawn and Herald of the Baha’i Era   by Steve McLean, which is the first in the series The Dawn of a New Faith  .
          ...for the creme soda I had with my lunch.
          ...that I was able to finish the poem "The Martyrdom of The Bab"  in "Bicentenary Poems and Prose" , which is number 20 in the 200 I'm writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of The Bab.
          ...for the hotlinks I had for lunch
          ...that I have 86 points in my Survey Junkie account.
          ...for the beautiful, pleasant day because I can keep the door open for some fresh air.
          ...that I have $17.02 in my Vindale Research account.

"Am I Asking The Right Question?" 1

We ask questions all the time:
Who, what, when, where, where, why, and how.
The answers come in various forms,
though they are often not what we want
or expect.

Are the questions
we ask God and ourselves
meant to elicit the answers we want
or the answers we need.

I find myself asking, "What am I doing wrong?"

Doesn't this suggest that I expect
to take the incorrect action?
On the other hand,
if I rephrase the question
it becomes "What am I doing right?"
Now I'm preparing my eyes to see reality.
God put within me,
within everyone,
a s park of divine light.

Rephrasing a question refocuses it
on either the positive or the negative.
It lets us see both what needs fixing
and what is well done.
God loves the individual and humanity,
has a plan for each person
and for civilization:
There is always something the individual is doing right.

Footnotes
1  I posted this on Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges From Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2019/06/am-i-asking-right-question.html.