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Fiḍál (Grace), 18 Qawl (Speech) 176 B.E. - Tuesday, December 10 2019
DAY 2580: December 10 is UN Human Rights Day. This year's theme is "Youth Standing Up For Human Rights". Write something about human rights in your entry today. United Nations Human Rights Day "Baha’u’llah taught that an equal standard of human rights must be recognized and adopted. In the estimation of God all men are equal; there is no distinction or preferment for any soul in the dominion of His justice and equity." On December 24, I will be 73 years old. This makes me two years older than the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Baha'u'llah declared His mission in April of 1863, and I was born in 1946 this makes Baha'u'llah mission and the Baha'i Faith about eighty-three years older than I am. What do the UN Declaration of Human Rights and the Baha'i Faith have in common? Baha'u'llah declared the Oneness of Humanity. All human beings--despite their color, nationality, religion, or gender--are equal in the sight of God. All humans are entitled to the same human rights, which I believe are God given rights. We share the same planet, even if we come form different nations, whose boundaries are established by ourselves rather than God or natural boundaries, such as mountains, rivers, etc. Footnotes |
Kamál (Perfection), 17 Qawl (Speech) 176 B.E. - Monday, December 9 2019
DAY 2579: Have you written one or more items--short story, essay, article, poem, or class assignment--this year that you are especially proud of? Post the links (if possible) and tell us about the item. Alternatively, post part or all of the item as your blog entry and tell us why it is special.
This is the first Ayyam-i-Ha poem I've written this year. In past years I've written other poems on this subject, however, this is the one I'm most satisfied with and proudest of. I entered this poem in the "Share Your Faith" contest here on writing.com. While writing this poem, I had an epiphany. it was the fact that I think of Ayyam-i-Ha as the holiday season. |
Jamál (Beauty), 16 Qawl (Speech) 176 B.E. - Sunday, December 8 2019 The Second Sunday in December 2019 On the second Sunday in December 2019, there are four days until the Feast of Masáʼil (Questions), and one hundred and four days until Naw-Ruz 177 B.E. On the second Sunday in December 2019, there are seventeen days until my birthday, and twenty-three days until the Gregorian New Year. On the second Sunday in December 2019, I contemplate the goals I need to finish, and the goals I need to make. On the second Sunday in December 2019, I ask the important questions: What are my spiritual goals? What are my writing goals? What are my financial goals? What are my health goals? What 2019 goals do I need to finish? On the second Sunday in December 2019, I know that the answers to these questions will come over the next three week. |
Jalál (Glory), 15 Qawl (Speech) 176 B.E. - Saturday, December 7, 2019 Rain It's another beautiful cloudy autumn day in Las Vegas. I looked out the front door (never mind the fact that I don't have a backdoor) and noticed that the sidewalk appears damp. This suggest that it rained a bit during the night. Rain is necessary. Rain is needed. When it rains this time of year there is a good chance it will turn to snow in the upper elevations. Snow in the upper elevations means that it will be cold in the Las Vegas valley. It also means that I can go outside, look up at Mount Charleston, and see snow on the mountain. I can see snow, without the effort of driving to it. I can see snow without the inconvenience and danger of going outside and walking or playing in it. Snow on the Mountain Snow on Mount Charleston means that I can go outside, look up at The Mountain, and enjoy the memories that the sight of snow brings. |
Istijlál (Majesty), 13 Qawl (Speech) 176 B.E. - Thursday, December 5, 2019
Day 2575: Use this words in your blog entry: red, bloated, cherries, cobblestone, sugar cookies and pepto bismol. Random Thoughts on an Autumn Morning 1 Auturn's dawn tints the morning clouds pepto bismol, and slowly transforms them into a blazing red. 2 The clip-clop of spiked heels on cement echo like horses' hooves on cobblestone roads. 3 Yesterday's clouds bloated with tons of water caused flooding in sections of Las Vegas. 4 The choice between chocolate covered cherries and sugar cookies is difficult, because both bring back memories of my childhood. |
‘Idál (Justice), 12 Qawl (Speech) 176 B.E. - Wednesday, December 4, 2019
DAY 2574: Does your family celebrate with Santa Clause? Why or why not?
December isn't the holiday season for me. I don't celebrate Christmas, and I don't do the Santa Clause thing. Sometimes my roommate puts up holiday decorations this time of year because she celebrates Christmas. She doesn't do the Santa Clause thing, even with her grandchildren. All gift she sends them come from Grandma and not Santa Clause. When I was a child gifts from Santa Clause was a big deal, because I didn't know they came from either my parents or my grandparents. I don't think it does any harm for children to believe that there is a Santa Clause, but that's just from my own point of view. My biggest issues from my childhood didn't come from believing in Santa Clause or visiting him at one of the local department stores. My biggest issues came from things that happened to me as I was growing up. |
Fiḍál (Grace), 11 Qawl (Speech) 176 B.E. - Tuesday, December 3, 2019 "Be kind to all people, love humanity, consider all mankind as your relations and servants of the most high God." 'Abdu'l-Baha Prayer by prayer I feed my soul with the Word of God. Word by word my mind consumes the scriptures revealed by the Bab, Baha'u'llah, and 'Abdu'l-Baha. In the silence of meditation my mind and spirit digest the glorious writings. as I prepare to start my day. |
Kamál (Perfection), 10 Qawl (Speech) 176 B.E. - Monay, December 2, 2019 "Observe My commandments, for the love of My beauty." Baha'u'llah On the first Monday in December 2019. I meditate on the beauty of Divine love. God, in all His wisdom, sent His messenger to humanity. In this day, Baha'u'llah has proclaimed the oneness of God, the oneness of the foundation of religion, and the oneness of humanity. |
Jamál (Beauty), 9 Qawl (Speech) 176 B.E. - Sunday, December 1, 2019 "All religions teach that we should love one another, that we should seek out our own shortcomings before we presume to condemn the faults of others, that we must con consider ourselves superior to our neighbors!" 'Abdlu'l-Baha The service at the Baha'i Center this morning was inspiring. The topic was love, so the scripture readings and the musical selections were about God's love for humanity, which all of the Divine Manifestation has emphasized. After the spiritual service, which lasted a little over half an hour, there was fellowship and refreshments. When I arrived at the Center, I had a chance to answer bus driver's questions. All-in-all it was a wonderful and spiritual morning. |
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