Day: November 2, 2020

God Spun

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House of Heart

I am a constellation
pasted to a smear of deep sky or
some god spun leaf drifting
a wintry blue pond or a

flame living in fire.
My tongue turns silvery around
my words, do not take them
for sorrow I have named them
peace.

Do not forget me.
I still need you to carry me
over the pierce of thorns for
My hands are good for nothing

but a plea do not forget me
I am still here my hair a tangle
of stars.

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Sharing smiles

~ thereluctantpoet

Didi's Art Design



Let us take by our hands
By our hearts, by our heads

Let us sing together
The song of humanity

Let us forget dark nights between us
And let the sun shine on us

Let us treat as humans
As brother as sisters

Let us live love among us
Compassion from man to man

Let us help each other
Live for each other

Let us overcome differences
On the level of man

Let us not see the mistakes of others
But let us work on our own ones

Let us share a happy smile
To be happy together

DidiArtist, 19.12.2018


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Daily Dose of Affirmation

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Be Inspired..!!

Each day you can journey from your Alpha (it begins with you) to your Omega, which in the teachings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, is the point within each of us where our inner spiritual nature meets our outer worldly nature.

It is with this thought I bring to you daily dose of affirmations for your mind and soul. An affirmation a day, keeps the therapist away!!! Here are your affirmation for today :

  • Even if I fall back one day, I won’t be stuck forever.
  • Things will work our how they need to.
  • I am creating the life I deserve to live.
  • I accept and love myself, thoroughly and completely.
  • I have the power to make changes.
  • I deserve to be healthy, happy and successful.

You deserve all the happiness in life.

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The 2020 Daily Writing Challenge – November 1

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Jo Hawk

2020 Daily Writing Challenge

Writing is like driving at night in the fog.
You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
– E. L. Doctorow

Today is Day 306 of the 2020 Daily Writing Challenge.

Did you write yesterday?

My year-end countdown has begun, and what a wild ride 2020 has been. The adage says what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. I’m not dead, yet therefore I must be tougher right? The question becomes — How much can I accomplish before we ring in the new year?

It all starts with a well-conceived strategy, and mine includes a master list of 100 activities to help me reach my annual writing goal. It may sound impossible, but many items are almost insignificant and require fewer than 15 minutes to finish. They are micro-actions, minor jobs that, while they are crucial, they are the ones…

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Planning Your NaNo Project Without a Plan – Daily Quote

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Jo Hawk

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November 1 is the kickoff to National Novel Writing Month. Once more, authors and wannabes pledge to write 50,000 words. Why wouldn’t I succumb to temptation? Despite lacking a specific story idea, an outline, and no clue for the main character, I am all in. I am committed to composing 1,667 daily words. I am embracing full pantsing mode and working without a net. But it doesn’t mean I lack a strategy for winning.

I discovered Reverse NaNo. This format front-loads the word count, seizing the excitement inherent at the start of a new project. Day One requires 3,346 words with falling requirements on successive days. By November 15, the halfway point, I have fewer than the prescribed minimum to add. On the thirtieth, I need a single word to achieve the goal. The second tactic I am adopting is banishing my inner critic and revoking her permission to intervene…

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