Personal growth
Reunion of hearts
My home is the home of peace. My home is the home of joy and delight. My home is the home of laughter and exultation. Whosoever enters through the portals of this home, must go out with gladsome heart. This is the home of light; whosoever enters here must become illumined…. (Abdu’l-Baha) What a joyous [...]
And the moment is gone… yet the beauty remains
Night hath succeeded day, and day hath succeeded night, and the hours and moments of your lives have come and gone, and yet none of you hath, for one instant, consented to detach himself from that which perisheth. Bestir yourselves, that the brief moments that are still yours may not be dissipated and lost. Even [...]
I am a musician!
“When is the best time to do things?” “Who is the most important one?” “What is the right thing to do?” These three questions posed by Leo Tolstoy in a short story published in 1885 — more than a century later adapted into a marvelous children’s book “The Three Questions” by Jon J. Muth — [...]
Radiant Acquiescence
After a few peaceful months, I am facing again a war rising… So here is some food for thought — for myself and for those who care to read: If you want to see the brave, look for those who can forgive. If you want to see the heroic, look at those who can love [...]
The beginning of all things
The beginning of all things indeed starts with the knowledge that God is always with us, and with the recognition that every moment is perfect for honoring Him and all of us, His creation.
Choosing peace
In the past year and a half, I have been in a state of prolonged brutal war which aims to establish my independence as a caring, loving father to my dear little girls. Every war is paradoxical, for it is a war between family members — whether former family members or long separated cousins like [...]
The Wilderness
I am back after five nurturing days in the wilderness of Yosemite National Park which was both a journey back to nature, and back to myself. O thou who hast set foot in the wilderness of knowledge and taken abode within the ark of wisdom! Not until thou hast grasped the mysteries concealed in that [...]
Asserting one’s truth without fear
I am attending, as advised by my boss, a course on assertiveness. The timing could not be any more appropriate as I am going through a life shift resulting in the gradual declaration of my self worth. It is fascinating to reflect that all negative behavior — including all non-assertive behavior — whether passive or [...]
Worthy to soar
Today, during Tae Kwan Do practice, I was trying to mentally visualize pushing my body higher for a kick, when I realized that sometimes very recently I’d had a feeling long forgotten — that of soaring in my dream. I used to fly in my dreams a lot during my childhood and my dad always [...]
Summoning the soul
O servants! Lifeless is the body that is bereft of a soul, and withered the heart that is devoid of the remembrance of its Lord. Commune with the remembrance of the Friend and shun the enemy. Your enemy is such things as ye have acquired of your own inclination, to which ye have firmly clung, [...]
