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Hasan A. Yahya, Ph.D 

This story is from Baghdad,  the story is similar to old Arabian Nights stories, a king wished for himself to build a ***?cret hiding place for himself, to ***?cure himself in case of revolt. The King was a frugal man, and ****?ting the job done, he was a stingy ***?rson, where he will not give generously to the hiding place builder. He ***?cured the ***?rvices of a ****?r ***?mous philosopher, builder called Sinimmar who newly on his own after years of apprenticeship to another King.

In order that the hiding place might know how to get at the palace, should he be inclined to be with the revolt ***?ople, he should keep the ***?cret.  — the King waited until Simimmar completed the palace.

So it was, that Sinimmar knew the ***?cret of the king., ****? did not tell thee king of the ***?cret of the palace. Which stone might lead to conquer the palce by revolt ***?ople. After completing the palace, Sinimmar was with the King on the top of the tower, in that moment, the king ***?ked Sinimmar, about the weakest side of the palace and the less ***?cure to defend himself in case a revolution against him takes place. The King offers Sinimmar a ton of gold if he told him. Sinimmar smiled and said:

-       Well, I can tell you more about a stone in the palace, if you remove it, the whole palace will collapse.

-       What stone? The king ***?ked Sinimmar! “ how can it protect me?

-       I will tell Your Majesty where is it and how in few ***?conds the stone moves to get in, and later the palace will ***?ll on the heads of your *****?ies.  Sinimmar walked to a big stone  in the palace, and showed it to the  king. The king was pleased with the ***?cret. To save himself from paying Sinimmar for his great work, he ***?ked him:

-       Does anyone else knows about this ***?cret? Sinimmar!

-       No! Your Majesty, I am the only one who knows about this ***?cret. The king order the guards to throw Sinimmar from the tower. In few minutes he passed away. The king, to himself said:

-       This is the *****?e of the smart builder. He forgot to protect himself by keeping the ***?cret.

Hasan Yahya, is an American Arab scholar, a professor of Sociology, a columnist at wfol.tv, Malaysia, and ***?NA International News Agency, *****?ago, USA. www.hasanyahya.com 


- hasan yahya

Wannabe writers are full of excuses as to why they aren’t writing yet. Many of these excuses can be changed to proactive statements with a mere switch in attitude and perspective.

How many times have you read an article, and said to yourself, “I could have written this.” Well, why don’t you?

It took me a long time to discover that my passion in life was writing. Even though, as a teenager, I filled a whole blank book with poetry, which I wrote while trying to recover from the “first love’s” broken heart type of feelings.

It wasn’t until I made it a habit to start writing in my journal every morning that I found out just how easy it was to get the writing juices flowing. Below is a list of some common excuses writer wannabe’s make for not writing. You will find suggestions along with each excuse on how to counteract those excuses and move forward to success.

1. EXCUSE #1 I don’t know where to start, or what to write about.

—Just get up each morning a few minutes earlier than the rest of the household, and start writing in a journal. Write about anything and everything that pops into your mind. Try to write at least 3 or 4 pages. Devote at least 10 minutes each morning to this ritual.

Do it with a pen and notebook, rather than the computer. There is a physical connection between the brain and your fingers on the paper.

Keep your statements positive. Try to eliminate words like, “I need to” or “I should” or “I have to” replacing them with more affirming phrases. Using “I am” and “I can” changes your whole focus. I find just replacing the three phrases above makes the writing process much more positive and results oriented.

You will be amazed at the material that you can pull from this journal that can be used in your daily projects.

2. EXCUSE #2 I don’t have any experience or formal schooling in writing.

—-With the internet, and all the writing books available today, it is easy to teach yourself what it takes to write successfully. Just jump in and get your feet wet, give it a try.

Have someone you trust read over your writing, and then give you their opinion. But don’t stop with one person’s point of view.

Some of the best feedback I have received has come from people wanting to use my “free to reprint” articles. I remember one lady email me saying, “I really enjoyed reading the passionate article you wrote on this subject.” Up to that point, I had never looked at my writing as passionate.

3. EXCUSE #3 I don’t have enough confidence in my writing abilities, I can’t measure up to what is already out there.

—-Following the same advice as above, as you jump in and do it, your confidence will grow. Publish some free content articles, to promote a website, and discover just what people like and don’t like. With feedback comes confidence. It is hard not be be confident in your writing abilities when you get showered with requests to use your articles in others ezine’s and on their websites. :o)

4. EXCUSE #4 Writing will take too much time away from my family and other responsibilities.

—-On the contrary. Writing can actually benefit and help you with your other responsibilities. By establishing a morning routine of writing in your journal, you will get to know yourself better, and grow both in professional and personal development. These positive changes to you will affect everyone you come into contact during the rest of your day. This includes members of your family.

5. EXCUSE #5 I am not very creative.

—-Everyone has creativity in them. Some people have a harder time tapping into it than others. By creating a time and space for writing in your life, you are giving yourself permission to tap into your own creative subconscious resources and intelligence. You may be surprised and amazed at your own creative results.

6. EXCUSE #6 What I know has already been written.

—-Did you know, you could give 5 writers an assignment on the same subject and each one of them will come back with an article with a very unique and different focus? It is because we all look at things from different perspectives. Our perspectives are developed by our own individual life experiences and the lessons we have learned. You can take what is out there and put your own unique slant on it.

7. EXCUSE #7 I am scared, not sure I can handle criticism and rejection.

—-As mentioned already, by just doing it, jumping in and giving it a try, you will gain confidence and grow. Rejection is just someone’s opinion. Get another opinion, and then another.

Some of the best books published in history were rejected dozen’s of times before someone took a chance on them and would eventually hit the New York Times bestseller’s list.

So there you have it. Stop making excuses and jump in the water and get wet. It will be more fun, rewarding and maybe even profitable for you once you actually take some daily action steps. Who knows, you might even make a big splash upon entrance to the pool of what’s floating around. . :o)

As you begin getting your work out there, ideas will come to you so quickly it may be overwhelming at times. Just remember to write down your ideas, keeping notes on topic ideas, titles, and themes to research. The list will be endless.

Use these intuitive thoughts to spark your thought process when you actually sit down with pen to paper. You will find many stories, experiences, and lessons learned that can easily be incorporated into a promotional article. “So start writing now, may the force of your creativity be with you!”


- G.Entp8

Writers Block…..Go Figure

Have you ever just sat down with pen and paper in hand (although these days its with a laptop) and have totally no idea what to write about? Well, that seems to be happening to me today. I can think of absolutely nothing to say.

Some days I have no problem at all. I’ll be teaching school and all of a sudden I get this great idea for an article; I can sit down and bang that puppy out in just a few minutes. Boy, I love those times. Then there are days like today, I sit in front of the computer screen and stare at that annoying, blinking cursor. It just sits there and blinks at me. It’s like its taunting me, laughing at me because I have nothing to say. The pressure is unbearable. Blink, Blink,Blink.

I suppose I could change it to one of those smiley faces or a dinosaur, but then I would have a smiley face or dinosaur blinking at me.

I guess I could probably not stare at the screen, I can watch TV or maybe read a book. But how is that going to help me write an article? Blink, Blink. Stupid cursor. This really isn’t helping me. I’m so obsessed with this cursor, I can’t let my muse come to me and do its muse thing. Knowing my luck, she’s staring at the cursor too. Well, if my muse won’t come maybe I should mow the lawn or something. No, it will never get that bad. When is there ever a good excuse to mow the lawn? Have you ever been so bored that you decide, “Hey, I’m bored, I think I’ll go and mow the lawn.” I don’t know about you, but I’ve never done that. I can see going out and mowing the lawn if say, for example, my wife comes home and tells me to get my lazy butt outside and mow the lawn. That, in my opinion is a good reason. Being bored, not a good reason.

So, I’m back to square one, although now the cat is blinking at me. Listen, how many times have you had a stare-down with your cat and won? I’ll tell you…Never. You can’t get a cat to blink. Actually, you can’t get a cat to do anything. Well, you can get it to sleep, but how hard is that. Now, all of a sudden the stupid thing gets it into it’s head to blink at me. This is getting out of control. First the cursor, now the cat, what’s next? Now, the light on the phone is blinking. OK, that’s it, I’m done. I guess I just won’t write anything today.

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- Tahtimbo