Monday's Poem

Monday's poem is motivation,
writing line and stanza,
metaphor and simile,
rhymed or not--
while attempting
to remain awake.


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Motivation

Inhale the fragrance
of motivation and accomplishment:
a busy day.

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Motivational Monday: A Poem

I awake,
stretch,
open the prayer app
on my smartphone,
and intone a morning prayer.

The words,
"I have awakened in Thy shelter,"
reverberate through my mind
motivating me
to begin
a new poem,
that will proclaim
Baha'u'llah.

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Motivational Monday: December 18, 2017

It's motivational Monday, 

The day I state my goals for the coming week. 

It's motivational Monday, 

The day I begin achieving this week's goals. 

It's motivational Monday, 

Six days until my 71st birthday. 

It's motivational Monday, 

Thirteen days until 2017 ends and 2018 begins. 

It's motivational Monday, 

I need to clean off my computer desk before the end of 2017. 

Motivational Monday: Coffee and Motivation

Motivational Monday: Coffee and Motivation 

Kamál (Perfection), 1 Mulk (Dominion), 173 BE - Monday, February 6, 2017 AD about 8:40 AM Pacific Standard Time 

It’s Monday morning and time to get motivated for the rest of the week. I've had two cups of coffee so that should motivate me this morning. I've updated my status on Facebook a couple of times and made entries in two writing.com journals. Those entries responded to three blog prompts. I also reviewed the prologue to a novel.  

Coffee motivates 

Wakes up my mind and body 

Curiosity aroused 

For breakfast I had a banana and chocolate covered doughnut. I know that isn't the best breakfast in the world, but that's what I had this morning and I'm not going to regret it. I have a lot to do today and for the rest of the week. I have to call my doctor about 9:00 AM to request the renewal of a prescription. I also have some surveys to do and a poem or story to write. I started the poem last night. I finished the first stanza and then got stuck on the second. Maybe I need more coffee or a short walk. 

Motivational Monday: Quirky Motivation

Kamál (Perfection), 11 Asmá’(Names), 173 BE - Monday, August 29, 2016 AD about 2:445 PM Pacific Daylight Time 

Have you ever noticed that motivation can raise it beautiful curly head at the weirdest times and in the quirkiest ways. This morning, I drove to the Bank of America on East Sahara Avenue to deposit a check (no, I haven't downloaded the app to deposit the check over my smartphone). That branch  of BAM was closed and the ATMs weren't working, so I had to drive south on Maryland Parkway to  deposit the check at the branch on East Desert Inn.  

When I got to the DI branch the ATM, outside had a line, therefore I went into the bank. As I was sitting there waiting for a teller to assist me, I realized that my motivation for going inside the bank wasn't to deposit the check. The check was my excuse for going into the bank, but excuses and motivation are two different thing. My motivation for going into the bank branch is interaction with the friendly telles and bank customer service agents. 

I enjoy going into the cool bank branches and talking to the bank associates. The branch I usually enter has an ATM inside and everytime I enter that branch an associate greets me and most of them know my name. They always address me as Ms Darbe. I love going into a bank or store with friendly customer service agents who know their regular customers by name. 

The reason I like to get up before dawn

Istijlál (Majesty), 19 ‘Azamat (Grandeur), 166 BE – Thursday, June 4, 2009 about 5:13 AM Pacific Time

I like to get up before dawn so that I can watch the sky transform. The change is slow, almost imperceptible at first. This is the way transformation works slowly over the months and the years. Sometimes it takes several months to break a bad habit, to replace that habit with a new habit. A habit that is more in align with the way a person wants to live.

Breaking a bad habit is difficult, after all, nothing worth doing is easy. Replacing an old habit with a new habit is possible, one just has to find the motivation. In some cases, a person must also replace negative self-talk with positive self-talk. Reading self-improvement books help, prayer helps, and reading the scriptures help.

When beginning to form a new habit, I have found the first necessity is to place everything in God's hands. Memorize a prayer or scripture verse which helps and work to replace the bad habit with a good habit. Falling back into the old habit happens, but with work and prayer the new good habit because part of daily life.

The reason I like getting up before dawn is to watch the sky transform from deep black to blue. It reminds me that transformation is a slow process and that I must continue everyday to change bad habits into good habits.