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Now think of the various activities which occupy us in our daily
lives. We nourish our bodies. We work and gain our sustenance. We
participate in sports and other recreations. We study to acquire new
knowledge and to expand our mental capacities. We develop skills to
help us improve the conditions of our lives. Numerous activities like
these, all important for our intellectual progress and material
well-being, occupy a large portion of our time. But how would we
compare the time spent in these activities with those moments charged
with spirituality, when we pray. when we deepen, when we share the
Word of God with our fellow human beings? Are not the hours we
dedicate to studying the Writings of our Faith alone or with friends,
the time we devote to teaching children, ensuring that the roots of
the tree of the Word of God are firmly implanted in their hearts, and
the moments in which God bestows upon us the bounty of guiding souls
to the shores of the ocean of Baha'u'llah's Revelation and helping
them discover the pearls that are hidden therein—are not these moments
precious beyond measure? Is there any greater joy than being able to
partake of these heavenly blessings? We should always remember how 'Abdu'l
Baha dedicated His energies to teaching and longed to take His
Father's Faith to every comer of the world.
"0 that I could travel, even though on foot
and in the utmost poverty, to these regions, and, raising the call of
'Ya Baha'u'1-Abha' in cities, villages, mountains, deserts and oceans,
promote the divine teachings! This, alas, I cannot do. How intensely I
deplore it! Please God, ye may achieve it."
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