Writing in Snow

Midweek Reflections

‘Idál (Justice ), 8 Mashíyyat (Will) 174 B.E. - October 4, 2017

I listened to Hooper Dunbar's talk "Recognizing Baha'u'llah on the Bicentenary of His Birth" this afternoon. It talk was inspiring, and made me realize there are a few things I should be doing. One of those is reading The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Revelation. I found my copy of the book in my bedroom on the bed. I was lucky to get here with it because most of my books were put in storage, and I don't know if there still there or if the person who put them in storage got rid of them. It's too late to worry about that now, so I'll just leave that problem in Baha'u'llah's hands. It's good that I can access most of the sacred scriptures online or with an app on my smartphone.

"The great and fundamental teachings of Baha’u’llah are the oneness of God and unity of mankind. This is the bond of union among Baha’is all over the world. They become united themselves, then unite others. It is impossible to unite unless united."

‘Abdu’l-Bahá1

I submitted the following comment to "Poetry Newsletter (October 4, 2017)" : "Thank you for the title of this newsletter. I am using the title as a working title for a poem I'm working on. I don't know yet what the final title will be because the poem is 196 in a series of 200 I am writing. The title will remain until after I finish the series, and begin the editing and rewriting phase. When I write a series of poems, I usually wait until the last one is finished before I do any editing."

Footnotes
1  Bahái Words for October 4, 2017