Writing in Snow

Monday and Tuesday Poem and Gratitude List

Kamál (Perfection), 17 ‘Izzat (Might) 176 B.E. - Monday, September 23, 2019

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I will be getting a new phone number. Those of you who have the number of the house phone can contact me that way. Anyone who has one of my e-mail addresses can contact me that way. I will contact anyone who I have a number for as soon as I can get it off my old smart phone, which is rebooting itself at random intervals.

Gratitude List for 17 ‘Izzat

Today I am thankful ...
          ...that I have my expenses (at least those I know about) listed for October.
          ...for fresh brewed black coffee.
          ...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdraft.
          ...for the chocolate cup cake I have to go with my coffee.
          ...that I have completed 142 poems of the 200 I am writing to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab.

Fiḍál (Grace), 18 ‘Izzat (Might) 176 B.E. - Tuesday, September 24, 2019

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I confess my sins to Baha'u'llah,
Asking forgiveness from the Glory of God.

Gratitude List for 18 ‘Izzat

Today I am thankful ...
          ...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn today.
          ...for fresh brewed black coffee on this beautiful autumn morning
          ...that I have a little over $5.00 in my savings account.
          ...for the chocolate cup cake I have to go with my coffee.
          ...that I have 620 points in my Survey Junkie account.
          ...for the ground coffee that my neighbor gave me when she threw out her coffeemaker.
          ...that I have completed 144 of the 200 poems I am writing for the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab.
          ...that I have $42.13 in my Vindale Research account.
          ...that I have 66,850 points in my YouGov account.

I Smile1

I smile through the pain
I cannot let the darkness gain
a hold on my soul.

I call on Baha'u'llah,
intoning prayers for healing,
prayers asking forgiveness,
and prayers beseeching assistance.

I smile
knowing that the All Glorious Lord
will answer my prayers.

Footnotes
1  I posted this on Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges from Her Cocoon https://poet999.blogspot.com/2019/09/i-smile.html.