I ransacked my folder of 37 under construction blog posts still couldn’t find anything that I could modify and post for today’s word prompt. As I have splitting headache, I couldn’t think of anything new.
But I promised myself that I will try my best to write every day, so why not continue with yesterday’s situation.
Background: Kindly, refer to previous post.
…First I started with reading and summarizing the whole chapter, didn’t work. So I started skimming and trimming it.
After 7.5 hours of constant effort, I somehow managed to squeeze 10 pages into 2 pages. But when I read it, it downed on me that I am ruining something sacred. I am killing the soul of the original content just for the sake of making it shorter.
Then I did something that required immense courage… without wasting another second I surrendered and apologized to my friend.
I said “look, if I continue doing it I will finish it eventually. But when somebody like me, who has never studied Sufism, will try to compress its 20-page long theory in 1 page the end result will turn out to be a shallow set of words. Its actual spirit will be lost.” And I e-mail whatever I had written.
There comes a point when stepping back from a situation Timely saves you from worsening it.
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Stoner on a rollercoaster 
True that!
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yes…know when to quit …..great post….
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thanks 🙂
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I hear the wisdom and integrity of choosing not to attempt to express to a wider audience. It seems to me and that the words you wrote were meaningful, because in attempt to write about one thing, you discovered something else profoundly important to you.
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Wow! U have put it so well ☺ yes i did realise keeping purity of something intact is actually important to me.
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😊🌻
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I too have a dreadful time trimming past posts. After all, I am already past the post. Which is why I tend to go with the flow and write in the hear and now with these word prompts. Meanwhile, very tricky to do, I am diligently working on killing my darlings and sharing in separate posts.
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Actually it wasnt a blog post its was a friend’s college assignment.
I myself i am trying to go with the flow of word prompts as i am new to blogging. I really cant go back to an old post and make any amendment.
Why are u trimming old posts may i ask??
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I skipped on major edits to keep my blog entries relevant.
Time has taught me this can prove cringe worthy upon reading again. In addition, I am taking out names of people and unnecessary information. Blogging has been a steep learning curve and I am still climbing!
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Climbing again 😀
Thats right i m learn something new everyday and something that actually defies my previous knowledge.
Since the beginning i avoided adding names; mine and others. Saves me from so much chaos and judgement.
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