Writing in Snow

In The Winter of My Life

Istiqlál (Independence), 16 ‘Aẓamat (Grandeur) 175 B.E. - Friday, June 1, 2018

Estimated extent of Baha’u’llah’s Writings

"Although the documents identified as Baha'u'llah's primary works have been the focus of translation work so far, they represent only a small portion of His writings during His 40-year ministry. All totaled, He revealed thousands of tablets, which altogether would constitute a volume more than 70 times the size of the Qur'an and more than 15 times the size of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible."

from the Baha’i World News Service, 22 September 20021

In the Winter of My Life2

In the winter of my life,
I contemplate the sacred writing
revealed by Baha'u'llah
and weep.

I cry
because I know,
that no matter how long I have left
on the physical plane,
I will never be able to read
and meditate on
more than 1%
of those scriptures.

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First Friday breakfast
intoning God's Most Great Name:
A joyful morning.

Footnotes
1  Quoted on "Vision and Insight - daily gems: Selected passages from the Baha'i Writings on specific themes" http://visionandinsightdailygems.blogspot.com/ on May 30, 2018.
2  Posted on Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges from Her Cocoon.