Montreal, Canada
Looking, trying to find the answers through colored glass…
“Thou hast asked regarding the means of livelihood. Trust in God and engage in your work and practice economy; the confirmations of God shall descend and you will be enabled to pay off your debts. Be ye occupied always with the mention of Bahá’u’lláh and seek ye no other hope and desire save Him.” -`Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha’i World Faith
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Perth, Australia
“. . . direct these bewildered souls unto the fountain of Thy guidance, and cause these wanderers to abide in the shelter of Thy might.” -`Abdu’l-Bahá
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Saint Peter, USA
“I testify that Thy might hath encompassed the whole universe…” -Bahá’u’lláh
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Egypt
“Lord! Pitiful are we, grant us Thy favor; poor, bestow upon us a share from the ocean of Thy wealth; needy, do Thou satisfy us; abased, give us Thy glory. The fowls of the air and the beasts of the field receive their meat each day from Thee, and all beings partake of Thy care and loving-kindness. Deprive not this feeble one of Thy wondrous grace and vouchsafe by Thy might unto this helpless soul Thy bounty.
Give us our daily bread, and grant Thine increase in the necessities of life that we may be dependent on none other but Thee, may commune wholly with Thee, may walk in Thy ways and declare Thy mysteries. Thou art the almighty and the Loving and the Provider of all mankind.” -`Abdu’l-Bahá, Baha’i Prayers
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Malibu, USA
standing underneath wide open skies makes me feel simultaneously infinitesimal and infinite.
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Chester, UK
“‘Abdu’l-Bahá, in His Tablets, not only calls attention to the responsibility of parents to educate all their children, but He also clearly specifies that the “training and culture of daughters is more necessary than that of sons”, for girls will one day be mothers, and mothers are the first educators of the new generation.
If it is not possible, therefore, for a family to educate all the children, preference is to be accorded to daughters since, through educated mothers, the benefits of knowledge can be most effectively and rapidly diffused throughout society.” -Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas
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Victoria, Canada
Where Fear Finds No Place
“He will stand as firm as the highest mountains and the loftiest peaks. He will remain immovable in His obedience to God and steadfast in revealing His Cause and proclaiming His Word. No obstacle will hinder Him, nor will the censure of the froward deter Him or the repudiation of the infidels cause Him to waver. All the hatred, the rejection, the iniquity, and the unbelief that He witnesseth serve but to strengthen His love for God, to augment the yearning of His heart, to heighten the exultation of His soul, and to fill His breast with passionate devotion.” -Bahá’u’lláh, Gems of Divine Mysteries
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One Tree Hill, Australia
Captured while on the “Devils Nose” hiking trail in Para Wirra Recreation Park, South Australia.
“Every man of discernment, while walking upon the earth, feeleth indeed abashed, inasmuch as he is fully aware that the thing which is the source of his prosperity, his wealth, his might, his exaltation, his advancement and power is, as ordained by God, the very earth which is trodden beneath the feet of all men. There can be no doubt that whoever is cognizant of this truth, is cleansed and sanctified from all pride, arrogance, and vainglory.” —Bahá’u’lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf