’Idál, 08 Qudrat (Power), 178 B.E.

Seen

Cool leaves…

Burning bush…

Done

Cleaned out eave drains

Pruned the wisteria, which tends to grow where I don’t want it to and has yet to bloom despite over a decade in the ground. I’m resigned that it will be future generations who get the pleasure of seeing that phenomenon!

Took my granddaughter for a walk to look at an arrangement of concretions at the trailhead for our local bike / hike route. Here’s one of them:

It was a lot easier letting gravity help going downhill on the way there than having to fight it pushing her uphill in the stroller on the way back. Hopefully, I live long enough that she can reciprocate by taking me around in a wheelchair ;-)

Noted

Astral Prospecting on Instagram

Ice crystals on leaf

Marc Bosserman on Instagram and Marc Bosserman Music and Musings on YouTube

Tab’s Galaxy on YouTube

Quoted

Love is the most great law that ruleth this mighty and heavenly cycle, the unique power that bindeth together the divers elements of this material world, the supreme magnetic force that directeth the movements of the spheres in the celestial realms. 1

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My sister and brother-in-law recently relocated and chose to donate several books in their library rather than move them. Many of these volumes are not well-known, but due to the topics they cover and the manner in which their authors explore them, they warrant a nod of recognition before being sent on their way. Accordingly, most quotes referenced in the “Quoted” section come from these books. Maybe they will stir (or renew) your interest, too.

  1. ʻAbduʼl-Bahá. Selections from the Writings of ʻAbduʼl-Bahá. Translated by Marzieh Gail. 1st ed. Haifa: Bahá’í World Center, 1978, 27. https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/selections-writings-abdul-baha/3#407306067 [return]
  2. ’Abdu’l-Bahá. Love: Jewels from the Words of ’Abdu’l-Bahá. 1st Edition, Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1994, 41. [return]