Writing in Snow

The Age in Which I Live

Istiqlál (Independence), 18 Núr (Light) 175 B.E, - Friday, June 22, 2018

"The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger on the pulse of mankind. He perceiveth the disease, and prescribeth, in His unerring wisdom, the remedy. Every age hath its own problem, and every soul its particular aspiration. The remedy the world needeth in its present-day afflictions can never be the same as that which a subsequent age may require. Be anxiously concerned with the needs of the age ye live in, and center your deliberations on its exigencies and requirements."

Bahá’u’lláh 1

The Age in Which I Live2

I contemplate the age
in which I love;
the need for love and unity,
and respect for the planet.

I weep,
and I ask myself:
"How do I contribute
to the needs of the present day?"

Footnotes
1  Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, CVI: “The All-Knowing Physician hath His finger…”
2  I posted this on Poet 999 - A Butterfly Emerges from Her Cocoon.