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Where did the time go?
It ticked
second by second
into history,
and left behind the year's insanity.

When I was thinking about this entry, the following scripture--which I think I memorized in Vacation Bible School--popped into my head. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee."56 As I meditated on that Bible verse, I realized that "Trust in God" is a theme in all religions, and emphasized by all of God's divine prophets. After meditating on the scripture, I opened Poor in all Save God: Comfort and Guidance for Hard Times--from the Writings of the Baha'i Faith to the chapter Trust in God, the Provider.

His words are an ocean of healing
for humanity,
curing it of its separation
from the Almighty.

I am a NaNoWriMo rebel
attempting to take a metaphorical leap
into the bottomless chasm
of dead dreams
and half-remembered
or forgotten ideas.

Moments of silence
strengthen the connection
between mind,
body,
and soul.

How do you live each day
as if everything were a miracle?
Prayer,
scripture reading,
and meditation
transforms the mundane
into the awesome.

Knowledge is necessary
for us to rise
out of the abyss
of failure.

Joy is waking up before dawn
and listening to the neighborhood silence,
while you read the sacred scriptures
or say dawn prayers.

Words form images in my mind,
pictures representing
the landscapes
of my mind and soul--
landscapes that merge to create
my concept of reality.

I got the idea for part of the title of this entry after reading the latest editorial in {x/ink:http://www.elixir-journal.org/issue11/}e*lix*ir issue #11, autumn 2020{/xlink}. The editorial, Looking with the Eyes of Faith   by SLH (Sandra Lynn Hutchisen) mentioned "God's creation." After finishing the article, I realized that would go better with the prompt "Autumn Flowers" than the flower I had first considered.

Small and/or random acts of kindness help bring people together, but they won't bring about World Peace. The one thing that will establish World Peace is the complete acceptance--from the grass roots level on up--of the oneness, the unity, of the human race. It doesn't matter what the nationality, religion, gender, color, etc. all human beings are of the same species. All were created by the same God. All are entitled to the same rights. The Creator loves all human beings, even those who doubt the existence of God.

I'm considered changing the name of my NaNoWriMo project from Letters From My Soul to Epistles From My Soul. According to dictionary.com, epistle means "a letter, especially a formal or didactic one; written communication."23 I don't want the letters to sound didactic, I do want them to be formal rather than informal. I also want them to focus on the spiritual path and beliefs, which--to me--suggests an epistle and not a normal long or formal letter.

O Lord,
Thank you for chocolate!
Thank you for the sweet or bitter taste
that makes life
on the physical plane
more enjoyable.

I attended the Zoom meeting of the Feast of Ilm (Knowledge) last night. The Feast opened with a video of a man singing Amazing Grace. After the song there was a prayer, followed by another song, Have You Heard. The next reading was the one (see above) by 'Abd'u-Baha from Paris Talks. There were two more songs and a scripture reading before we proceeded to the consultation-business portion of the Feast. The Feast ended with a healing prayer.

I look at the prompt quote or suggestion, I consider how I'm going to answer, and my mind is blank. I don't think I have writer's block, although that is a possibility. I suspect the problem is just that I'm overthinking the theme or subject of the prompt. I'm also having difficulty coming up with prompts, which isn't a big deal because there are dozens of websites that I can turn to for prompts. I've decided to try something different for my blog entries for the next 26 days. Starting on Wednesday, October 14, and ending on Sunday, November 8, all of my blog entries will begin with consecutive letters of the alphabet.

I'm caught up with the NaNo Prep challenge exercise I was behind on. Last night, I read two articles in the Would You Vote for Science or God?   series by Maya Bohnhoff. The articles I read are A Debate: Does Science Refute God?   and Life, Matter and the God Particle  . I finished "A Cabin in the Woods"  and submitted it to "Stormy's poetry newsletter & contest" .