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Writing in Snow

by Prosperous Snow celebrating

Rated: 18+ · Book · Women's · #1649240

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"

. On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 I began keeping track of may accomplished goals in this journal.

"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.

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Simply Me

Nov 9, 2023 at 8:25pm
In response to "Thankful Thursday: November 9, 2023"

GOOD JOB

WakeUpAndLive️~Happiness

Jun 15, 2023 at 3:15pm
In response to "Thankful Thursday: June 15, 2023"

I am so happy for you that Friday is arriving tomorrow without the financial crisis you expected.

You kept hope, prayed, and that paid off.

Alisha P. ☕

Apr 21, 2023 at 7:22am
In response to "Thankful Thursday: April 20, 2023"

I have a question.

How long have you used survey junkie?

What is survey junkie like?

AmyJo- Have a lovely day!

Jan 19, 2023 at 5:02pm
In response to "Thankful Thursday: January 19, 2023"

Congrats on all of your goodies! Keep up the great work!

AmyJo- Have a lovely day!

Sep 23, 2022 at 6:21am
In response to "Thankful Thursday: September 22, 2022"

A wonderful reminder! Thank you for that

AmyJo- Have a lovely day!

Sep 16, 2022 at 2:08pm
In response to "Thankful Thursday: September 15, 2022"

Cool beans! It is always good to be Thankful! A wonderful reminder.

Sunny

May 7, 2022 at 7:25am
In response to "Thankful Thursday: April 7, 2022"

I was thankful and very excited that Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed for a seat on the Supreme Court! What a great moment in history indeed!!!

Kåre Enga in Montana

Jun 1, 2021 at 10:03pm
In response to "June Poems 2021"

No lavender here yet. It's growing nicely though. I know where it hangs out.

Only bush honeysuckle in bloom. It's not very fragrant. The intoxicating vines bloom later. But we have lilacs... until this heat roasts them.

Keep up the good work on informing folks that "a new day has dawned." Most here at WdC seem to have fallen into "This is just the way it is"; a few know better.

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Kåre Enga in Montana

Nov 21, 2020 at 11:31pm
In response to "Thankful Thursday: November 19, 2020"

You're doing awesome with NaNoWriMo. 30k would be a win for me.

Nice to know Mema has a chocolate loving servent.

February 24, 2022 at 11:01am

#1027350

Thankful Thrusday Febraury 24, 2022

Istijlál (Majesty), 19 Mulk (Dominion) 178 B.E. - Thursday, February 24, 2022

On the last Thankful Thursday in February 2022,
I am thankful ...

...that I found a prayer I can say for the Ukraine 🇺🇦.

"O Lord, verily, I invoke Thee in this Supreme Threshold, under the wing of the gloomy nights; pray to Thee with throbbing heart and flowing tears, imploring Thee, supplicating between Thy hands, and cry: O my Lord, verily the fire of battles is raging in the valleys, hills and streams, and the conflagration of war is burning even under the seas and high in the air, destroying and devastating. The earth is enveloped by its own fires and the sea is encompassed by its storms, thunderbolts and floods. O Lord, the souls are stifling, the death rattle is in their throats, the earth quakes, and has become so small that even the birds are frightened in their nests and the animals terrified in their lairs and caves. O my Lord, remove the veil, scatter this dense cloud on the horizon, extinguish these fires, subdue this flood, in order to stanch the bloodshed as compassion to the widows and mercy to the orphans, that these hurricanes may cease, the thunderbolts be extinguished, the torrents quelled, the land become visible, the souls find composure and the breasts be dilated. And we will thank Thee for Thy abundant favor, O Thou dear! O Thou forgiver!"

‘Abdu’l-Bahá 1

...for the merit badge I received on 2/18/22-2/24/22

...that "Help! My New Year's resolution went ..."

received honorable mention in "Stormy's poetry newsletter & contest"

and was featured in "Poetry Newsletter (February 23, 2022)"

...for the fresh brewed hot coffee I had this morning.

...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn today.

...for the article Newly devised human family tree reveals the ‘genealogy of everyone’

by Will Dunham. I am thankful for this article because it gives DNA proof that humanity is a single family, a single species.

...that I have goldfish crackers to go with my oyster soup this evening.

Footnotes
1 Bahá’í Scriptures, p. 406-407

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February 17, 2022 at 12:11pm

#1026884

Thankful Thursday February 17, 2022

Istijál (Majesty), 12 Mulk (Dominion) 178 B.E. - Thursday, February 17, 2022

I submitted this comment to "Poetry Newsletter (February 16, 2022)"

: The BOUTS-RIMÉ sounds similar to an exercise I sometimes do. I take the end words from a poem, usually written by one of my favorite poets, and us them as either line ending or line beginning in a poem. This is one way to overcome writer's block because I have to focus on writing a poem different--in either theme, subject, or form--from the poem I took the words from.

On the third Thankful Thursday in February 2022,
I am thankful ...

...for fresh brewed hot coffee on this late winter morning.

...that my Bank of America checking account is not overdrawn.

...for the chocolate cake I had to go with my coffee this morning.

...that I have money in my Bank of America savings account.

...for the peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich I had for lunch

...that I received the following merit badge received between 2/11/22 to 2/17/22.

I submitted this comment to "Action/Adventure Newsletter (February 16, 2022)"

: Another type of hero is a hero of faith or a faith hero. This is a person such as a saint or someone who is martyred for their belief in God, one of His Prophets,or for humanity. Examples of these are Christ, The Bab, Tahirih (the Persian poet), or Saint Valentine.

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February 10, 2022 at 11:43am

#1026408

Thankful Thursday: February 10, 2022

Istijlál (Grace), 5 Mulk (Dominion) 178 B.E. - Thursday, February 10, 2022

On the second Thankful Thursday in February 2022,
I am thankful ...

... for the Merit badges I received between 2/4/22-2/10/22