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Fiḍál (Grace), 6 Mashíyyat (Will) 175 B.E. - Tuesday, October 2, 2018 The "Blogging Circle of Friends " What is the best thing about October? October I remember an October day in Oklahoma. Grandpa had racked the leaves into piles, ready to put in the steel drum he used to burn them, he watched us jump in the leaf piles. We scattered them, making more work for him, but he didn't care. He laughed and smiled as we jumped in the leaves, scattering them across the front yard. The best thing about October are the memories of Oklahoma it brings back, as a watch the clouds gather in the Nevada sky. A cloudy morning Promises an autumn shower and a cooler day. The "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" “Sometimes it is good to fly close to the flame, see and experience the heat, but then fly away again, to survive, to be wiser in the art of heat.” ~ Robert Black What does “to fly close to the flame” remind you of? Moths Attracted To A Flame God's love is a flame lighting humanity's path to eternal life. Moth's attracted to the flame of the Almighty we seek to proclaim God's Cause. |
Fiḍál (Grace), 6 Mashíyyat (Will) 175 B.E. - Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Prompt: We all have ‘pet-peeves’. Write about some of yours! Pet-Peeves Pet-peeves and yellow cottonwood leaves are scattered tin autumn's chilly breeze. What are my pet-peeves? Most of my pet-peeves are personal, because they are caused my my own actions rather than the actions of others. One that I deal with on a daily basis is procrastination. Another is filing or placing important items where I think I can find them later, when I know I'll need them. The problem here is that I can never find them when I go back to get them. I go to the place, I thought I put them, and they aren't there. This causes me to have to look through numerous other stuff in order to find the one important items that I need. Of the two irritants, the last is the most annoying, because I've dealt with it most of my life. You would think I'd learned to do better by now. Apparently, I haven't. Right now, I'm looking for a receipt, which I thought I put in one of my files, but it isn't where I thought I put it. Now I have to go through everything to see if I can find it. I get frustrated, my blood pressure goes up, and I have to stop looking until I feel my blood pressure going down. Not only does my blood pressure go up, but my imagination starts working overtime. Sometimes I wonder if there is a ghost haunting me. A ghost that waits until after I file an important item to move that item. When I start looking again, it just floats or stands and laughs. I know this isn't true. I know that the problem is my memory of where I filed the item. I just didn't file it where I thought I did. Now all I have to do is find where I actually filed it. |