Speed Writing # Practice Reading

Sometimes, certain things happen as if designed by a hidden hand, who’s working are not known to us. Well-crafted( to make something with special skills especially your hands in a very good way) places are suddenly over turned by unforeseen( that you did not expect to happen) events ( a thing that happens, especially something very important). Gifts(a thing that you give to somebody, especially in special ocassions), which one would have never imagined( to form a picture in your mind, of what something might be), land in your lap(top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you are sitting down).
For me, writing a book on and called value was one such mysterious(difficult to understand or explain) gift. There was no intention(what you intend or plan to do) of ‘writing’ it to start with. It was more like a playful( full of fun, wanting to play) exercise ( an activity that you do to stay healthy). As the book unfolded( to be gradually made known), each session(a period of time spent doing a particular activity) of writing became a peaceful(quiet or calm; not worried in any way) joyful(causing people to be happy) experience(the knowledge and skill that you have gained through doing something for a period of time ). Every morning, one sat down and surrendered (to admit that you have been defeated and want to stop fighting ) to the flow of words pouring out (to express your feelings or give an account of something , especially after keeping them or it secretly )on to the pages of notebook bound beautifully(very well) in colourful hand-woven cloth. Every bit of writing was like a silent communion ( the state of sharing or exchanging thoughts and feelings) with a loving source.
The value book is an interweaving( put your facts, events, details etc. together to make a story or a closely connected whole) of randomly picked messages from two other books with the words that came to me using ‘speed writing’. I have enjoyed reading these two reference books( a book that contains facts and information, that you look at when you need to find out something particular) over the years. They are, a course in miracles( an act or event that does not follow the laws of nature and believed to be caused by God) and opening doors within. I have also enjoyed speed writing.
On the morning of October 3, 2007, my quest( a long search for something especially for some quality such as happiness) for a deeper understanding of values, my love for the two books mentioned above, experience with speed writing and a deeper surrender to the source, all came together. Work, began in a nice hand-bound notebook which had been gifted to me. Every morning some words would flow. The morning ritual (a series of actions that are always performed in the same way, especially as part of a religious ceremony ) ended on the last page of the notebook on June 28 2008.
Source: Life Positive

QUESTION TIME

Match the words in column A with their meaning in column B.
Make sure while doing this exercise you don’t cheat, or else the entire purpose of it will be lost.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. Well-crafted (i) that you did not expect to happen
2. Mysterious (ii) a period of time spent doing a particular activity
3. Imagine (iii) an activity that you do to stay healthy
4. Event (iv) causing people to be happy
5. Gifts (v) what you intend or plan to do
6. Unfolded (vi) to be gradually made known
7. Intention (vii) to make something with special skills especially your hand in a very good way
8. Peaceful (viii) something that give to somebody, especially on special ocassions
9. Joyful (ix) a thing that happens, especially something important
10.Lap (x) quiet or calm
11.Unforeseen (xi) full of fun
12.Playful (xii) difficult to understand or explain
13.Session (xiii) the top part of your legs that forms a flat surface when you are sitting down
14.Exercise (xiv) to form a picture in your mind of what something might be
15.Ritual (xv) to admit that you have been defeated and want to stop fighting
16.Miracles (xvi) a series of actions that are always performed in the same way, especially as part of a religious ceremony
17.Interweaving (xvii) a book that contains facts and information, that you look at when you need to find out something particular
18.Experience (xviii) the knowledge and skill that you have gained through doing something for a period of time
19.Pouring out (xix) very well
20.Communion (xx) put your facts, events, details etc. together to make a story or a closely connected whole
21.Beautifully (xxi) a long search for something especially for some quality such as happiness
22.Surrendered (xxii) ( an act or event that does not follow the laws of nature and believed to be caused by God
23.Quest (xiii) to express your feelings or give an account of something , especially after keeping them or it secretly
24.Reference Books (xxiv) the state of sharing or exchanging thoughts and feelings

ANSWERS

  1. vii
  2. xii
  3. xiv
  4. ix
  5. viii
  6. vi
  7. v
  8. x
  9. iv
  10. xiii
  11. i
  12. xi
  13. ii
  14. iii
  15. xvi
  16. xxii
  17. xx
  18. xviii
  19. xxiii
  20. xxiv
  21. xix
  22. xv
  23. xxi

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