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Day 2102: Eat. Love. Pray. Use these words I your Blog entry today.

I pray
saying the prayers
revealed by Baha'u'llah,
The Bab,
or 'Abdu'l-Baha
because they are the most powerful prayers
in this day.

"Intone, O My servant, the verses of God that have been received by thee, as intoned by them who have drawn nigh unto Him, that the sweetness of thy melody may kindle thine own soul, and attract the hearts of all men. Whoso reciteth, in the privacy of his chamber, the verses revealed by God, the scattering angels of the Almighty shall scatter abroad the fragrance of the words uttered by his mouth, and shall cause the heart of every righteous man to throb. Though he may, at first, remain unaware of its effect, yet the virtue of the grace vouchsafed unto him must needs sooner or later exercise its influence upon his soul. Thus have the mysteries of the Revelation of God been decreed by virtue of the Will of Him Who is the Source of power and wisdom."

Bahá’u’lláh 3 4

I meditate on the four types love
as spoken of
by 'Abdu'l-Baha in Paris Talks 5 6:
The love of God for humanity;
The love of humanity for God:
The love of God for His own Identity;
The love of the individual human being for another human or other humans.

I eat to live!
To experience another day of prayer,
and of God's love.

Footnotes
3 Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, CXXXVI
4 https://www.bahai.org/r/994654469
5 Part Three:58
6 https://www.bahai.org/r/845069428

What awaits us in the after-life?

April 15, 2020 at 5:26pm

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ʻIdál (Justice), 8 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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Optional Bonus Mystery Prompt

In the spirit of saving the best for last, let's explore life's greatest mystery - What awaits us in the after-life?
My spiritual being believes in eternal life, but scientifically speaking I struggle with the concept.

"And now concerning thy question regarding the soul of man and its survival after death. Know thou of a truth that the soul, after its separation from the body, will continue to progress until it attaineth the presence of God, in a state and condition which neither the revolution of ages and centuries, nor the changes and chances of this world, can alter. It will endure as long as the Kingdom of God, His sovereignty, His dominion and power will endure. It will manifest the signs of God and His attributes, and will reveal His loving kindness and bounty. The movement of My Pen is stilled when it attempteth to befittingly describe the loftiness and glory of so exalted a station...."

Baha'u'llah 7 8

No one can know for sure precisely what awaits the soul after its separation from the physical body. On the material plane, the soul is in partnership with the physical body. This can be likened to the child in its mother's womb where it acquires the physical attributes it needs to survive on the material/physical plane. While the soul is in partnership with the physical body, it acquires the spiritual attributes it will need to prosper and thrive in the spiritual world.

Once the soul is separated from the physical body it is clothed in the spiritual attributes it acquired and practiced on the material plane. At the point of physical death, the soul ascends into the spiritual world and moves through the spiritual world toward the Creator. What the spiritual world, which some call heaven, looks like is unknown. Each of the Manifestations of God have given hints of its appearance, but none of them--not even Baha'u'llah (the latest Divine Manifestation)--have given concrete descriptions of it.

I believe that after death
my soul will ascend into the Abha Paradise{footnote:#}The Bahai name for heaven./footnote},
and continue its movement toward God.

Footnotes
7 Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, LXXXI
8 https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/gleanings-writings-b...

Staying at Home: Wall Talk

April 15, 2020 at 10:45am

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ʻIdál (Justice), 8 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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Staying at Home: Wall Talk
These walls are made for talkin’!
The popcorn’s poppin’ and we’re all rubbing our hands together in anticipation of what we’re about to read. We’re ready for the whole story, no matter how funny!
Are ya ready, walls? Start talkin!

Apartment walls are paper thin
and let all the outside noises in.

They speak to those who listen
with anticipation
to the memories concealed
beneath layers of off-white paint.

Walls cannot keep secrets,
they hear with invisible ears,
they speak with invisible mouths,
they whisper about the fears
of their present
and their past inhabitants..

Walls air everyone's dirty laundry,
they intone the wishes
and hopes
of the neighborhood.

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April 14, 2020 at 12:16pm

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Fiḍál (Grace), 7 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Mystery of the Stone Balls of Costa Rica - Dragon Eggs

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5 DAY Andre the Blog Monkey's April Fools Mystery Writing Challenge
Blog Prompt for Day 5 Yesterday is history and tomorrow is a mystery. Think about your future, short-term then long-term, is it all a mystery or fairly predictable, share your findings in today's blog entry.

Thank you for playing along in this 5 Day Challenge. I enjoyed it so much I'm adding a BONUS PROMPT for Day 5.1 (April 15th)
I was going to release the prompt in this post, but then thought, No! I'll leave it a mystery.

I inhale the fragrance of life,
And give thanks for another day.

Life, like the universe, if full of mysteries, miracles, and hope. You can't be sure when you go to bed if you'll wake up in the morning. You hope you will wake up, so you take that hope as a concrete expectation. You can't be sure when you wake up if you'll live through another day, you hope you will, but you can't be sure. Each day you live you hope and expect to live another day, but there is no guarantee.

I listen to sparrows sing
I watch palm tree shadows dance
In morning's wind

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April 13, 2020 at 12:39pm

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Kamál (Perfection), 6 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Monday, April 13, 2020

Nobody Leave the Building

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Andre's Stone Ball Challenge

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Hundreds of these large stone spheres are scattered across the Costa Rican jungle and are thought to have been constructed by prehistoric humans. For years, they have baffled scientists and archaeologists as to why they are there and how they were built. The spheres range up to 2.4 meters (8 ft) in diameter and are almost perfectly round.

5 DAY Andre the Blog Monkey's April Fools Mystery Writing Challenge
Blog Prompt for Day 4 - Andre the Blog Monkey helped me out with today's prompt. Andre sometimes drinks vodka to a point where he talks of stone ball drinking parties in the jungles of Costa Rica. I looked it up and it's a legit thing. I asked> Andre about the stone balls but he doesn't remember much about anything. Andre will name a drink in the bar after the blogger who writes the best explanation of ... The Mystery of the Stone Balls of Costa Rica

Dragon Eggs

The Stone Balls of Costa Rica are fossilized dragon eggs. When dragons inhabited Earth, in the distant past, they migrated to Costa Rica and the ocean around it to mate and lay their eggs. After the eggs were laid, two or three of t he golden females would remain to take care of the eggs. In order for the eggs to properly hatch, they had to be turned once a day. Sometimes one of the females would miss turning an egg, which caused the egg to fossilize and not hatch.

We hope the eggs are all fossilized. There is a rumor or a myth that every millennia or so, one of the eggs hatches and releases either a bronze male or a gold female dragon. Any egg an unmated female lays is infertile and therefore will fossilizes. Fortunately, at least for the human race, dragons only live a few hundred years. This means that the bronze or the gold dragon will die before it can mate with another dragon. Any dragons seen by humans are chalked up to either UFOs or someone being drunk. The biggest danger is two eggs hatching about the same time and releasing a gold female and a bronze male.

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April 12, 2020 at 10:41am

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Jamál (Beauty ), 5 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Sunday, April 12, 2020

Living A Universe Full of Mysteries

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5 DAY Andre the Blog Monkey's April Fools Mystery Writing Challenge

Blog Prompt for Day 3 - In today's mystery blog challenge you'll write a detailed description of a MURDER scene. Da - Da - Daaaa

You'll have a victim and a cast of suspects, including possible murder weapons, motive, etc.

End your entry with this challenge to your readers. "It's up to you to solve this murder in a comment on my entry."

Merit Badges will be awarded to the best MURDER scene and the best solution to the mystery.

Nobody leave the building!

Murder is always so messy,
and its never the obvious suspect
that commits the crime.

"Murder is always so messy," Inspector Clouseau said, as he looked around the room. "Nobody leave the building! Especially those who have blood on their hands, which," he look down at his own bloodstained hands, "would appear to be everyone in this room." He took a handkerchief out of his suit pocket and wiped the blood from his hands.

Looking down at the body of mrs. Amanda Harcord, he shook his head. "Of course, the obvious suspect is Mrs. Harcord's husband Glen. However, since Mr. Harcord isn't in this room or even in the building, he's probably innocent. The next obvious suspect is Jeeve3s, the butler, but that's way too obvious. Besides Mrs. Harcord just tripled his salary, so he's not going to kill the goose that laying the golden eggs."

Taking a magnifying glass out of his coat picket, he walked around the room studying the blood stains on the walls. He returned to the body, knelt beside it, and--being careful not to leave any finger prints--removed the letter opener sticking out of Mrs. Harcord's chest. He studied it closely, and replaced it in the exact spot he removed it.

He stood up, walked over to the professional gigolo Marco St. James, and said. "I arrest you, Mr. St. James, for the murder of Mrs. Amanda Harcord."

"How... How did you know?"

"That's simple Mr. St. James, when I came into the room you shook hands with me, which is how I got blood on my hands. The other suspects got blood on their hands when they moved the body from the couch to the floor. They moved the body to distract me from the real suspect, and because you were blackmailing them with embarrassing photos.

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April 11, 2020 at 12:24pm

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Jalál (Glory), 4 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Saturday, April 11, 2020

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Bermuda Triangle

Over the last 500 years, ships and airplanes have gone missing inside a triangular section of the North Atlantic Ocean called the Bermuda (or Devil's) Triangle. This mysterious area is bounded by the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda; Miami, Florida, U.S.; and the American territory of Puerto Rico.

The earliest article to reference a disappearance was in The Miami Herald in 1950. However, the "Bermuda Triangle" itself was coined by Vincent Gaddis in a 1964 article.

Since then, scientists and amateurs have floated various theories - from sea monsters to unidentified flying objects (UFOs) - but nobody has been successful in decoding the mystery.

5 DAY Andre the Blog Monkey's April Fools Mystery Writing Challenge
Blog Prompt for Day 2 - I for one have always been interested in the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. I like to ponder possible explanations for what it is. Think about it for a few moments, then share your possible (or improbable) explanation. If there is another mystery you'd rather share your thoughts on, that's okay too.

We live in a universe full of mysteries!
Some are solvable,
some are unsolvable,
Some are real,
and some are illusions.

"You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You’re moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You’ve just crossed over into… the Twilight Zone."

Rod Serling

We live in a universe full of mysteries!
Mysteries that can only be solved
through an unfettered search for truth
and the use of our imagination.

The Bermuda Triangle:
An Artifact of Atlantis

The Bermuda Triangle is an artifact of the lost continent of Atlantis, which--despite rumors to the contrary--was located in the Atlantic ocean in what is now called the Bermuda or Devil's Triangle. The Atlanteans created the Artifact for the purpose of helping them travel to different planets and other dimensions. Unfortunately, the Artifact had some unforeseen and dangerous side-effects. One of the side-effects was time travel, while another caused earthquakes. These earthquakes eventually destroyed Atlantis, but not the Artifact.

When Atlantis was destroyed, the Artifact was left on. As a results, the Artifact periodically and at random intervals powers up. When the Artifact powers up it transports ships or planes to other dimensions or somewhere else in space and time.

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April 10, 2020 at 11:38am

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Unsolvable Mysteries

Istiqlál (Independence), 3 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Friday, April 10, 2020

My Happiness Jar & Taken For Granted

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5 DAY Andre the Blog Monkey's April Fools Mystery Writing Challenge
Blog Prompt for Day 1 - When mystery surrounds an object, that object then becomes a clue. Have you ever discovered a mysterious item, which became a clue to an investigation? Tell us about what you found and where the investigation led to.

This happened in 2012, a few months before my mother died. She was sitting on the couch in the living room and began to cry. I ask her what was bothering her, and she said her grandfather had run away with a young woman. I couldn't get any more information out of her. I suspect she was referring to the only grandfather she remembered. Mom always said he had a long white beard. I would like to know more about this, but everyone who knew anything about it is long dead.

Another mystery I would like solved is the reason for my Uncle Roy Newland's (I think it was Uncle Roy) divorce. The marriage lasted long enough to produce a child, who was adopted by one of his sisters. I know my great uncle never married again. I don't know what happened to his wife, or why they gave the daughter to his sister to raise.

My parents and grandparents were raised at a time when family scandals were spoken of in whispers, and not around young children or even the following generation of adults.

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April 9, 2020 at 11:21am

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Istijlál (Majesty), 2 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Thursday, April 9, 2020

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Day 2096: Make a list of things you would put in a Happiness Jar.

In My Happiness Jar

Gaining a deeper understanding of the Revelation of Baha'u'llah.

Being able to express my love for His Holiness Christ and the other Manifestations of God.

Saying the prayers revealed by The Bab, Baha'u'llah, and 'Abdu'l-Baha.

Working for world peace through interaction with humanity.

Letting go of the past and forgiving myself for past mistakes.

Hearing birds sing on a spring morning.

Writing and reading poetry.

Drinking fresh brewed coffee.

Chocolate.

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What will you never take for granted again once we are no longer quarantined?

No Longer Taken For Granted

Holy Day celebrations.
Devotional services at the Baha'i Center.
Going to the beauty parlor to get my hair washed and a hair cut.

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April 8, 2020 at 10:51am

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ʻIdál (Justice), 1 Jalál (Glory) 177 B.E. Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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Day 2095: Write about the word believe in your Blog entry today.

I believe that the present pandemic is God's way of demonstrating--to the nations of the world and humanity--that we need to unify to solve the world's problems. The world is like a single country, a virus or disease in one nation will spread quickly to the rest of the world. In order to find a vaccine or a cure we need to be able to work across national borders. One nation cannot build a wall high enough to keep a disease form invading it.

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Wed. April 8th Prompt. What is the most ridiculous thing about what's happening this month?

What is the most ridiculous thing happening this month? Partisan politics! Blaming another person, political party, nation, religion, or international body for what is happening instead of attempting to work in unity to solve the problem. No individual, nation, or religion is an island unto itself, because we cannot solve the world's problems unless we work in unity. We need to start tearing down walls between nations, religions, and individuals instead of building them.

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April 7, 2020 at 6:03pm

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Fiḍál (Grace), 19 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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What is the best thing to come out of staying at home (so far)?

Do I have cabin fever yet?
On this I wouldn't bet.

What's the best thing about staying home?
I can be alone,
and put the clean clothes away
without getting in someone else's way.

April 7, 2020 at 11:22am

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Meditation on Healing

Fiḍál (Grace), 19 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Tuesday, April 7, 2020

"Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise."

Bahá’u’lláh 9

I contemplate Your healing,
O my Lord,
and the triple approach
You have given us
to thrive.

Medical Treatment
Prayer
Joy and Laughter 10

O Beloved of the Universe,
please help me apply
these methods in my life
so that I
may proclaim
Your Most Great Name.

Footnotes
9 http://www.bahaiprayers.org/healing2.htm
10 from "Three Tools of Healing" a Special Ideas poster.

April 6, 2020 at 12:39pm

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My Shelter

Kamál (Perfection), 18 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Monday, April 6, 2020

"All praise be to Thee, O my God, inasmuch as Thou hast adorned the world with the splendour of the dawn following the night wherein was born the One Who heralded the Manifestation of Thy transcendent sovereignty, the Dayspring of Thy divine Essence and the Revelation of Thy supreme Lordship. I beseech Thee, O Creator of the heavens and Fashioner of names, to graciously aid those who have sheltered beneath the shadow of Thine abounding mercy and have raised their voices amidst the peoples of the world for the glorification of Thy Name."

Baha'u'llah

I shelter within the shadow
of the divine,
attempting to glorify His Name
and to proclaim
the Glory of God.

Happiness Versus Monopoly

April 5, 2020 at 10:59am

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Jamál (Beauty), 17 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Sunday, April 5, 2020

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You get to pick three people- living or dead- to be quarantined with. But...in order to pass time, you have to play Monopoly. Who wins? Who cheats? Who cries? Who flips the table, sending pieces flying everywhere? You choose the players and how they see the game through its finish.

Monopoly doesn't lend itself to happiness!
It encourages greed,
over consumption,
and the hoarding of essential items,
such as toilet paper
and hand sanitizer
in a pandemic.

Go directly to jail.
Do not pass go.
Do not collect $100.00.

I've never played an uncivil game of Monopoly. When my siblings and I played it as children and young adults, we attempted to play by the rules. None of us got angry or upset about who won the game. When we played it, it was just a fun parlor game. However, I do understand that isn't the way some people feel about The game itself encourages greed, selfishness, and many other emotions that encourage the winner take all mentality.

Who would I invite to play a game of Monopoly, other than my siblings? That's a difficult question because I would want to make sure whoever I invited understood that it was just a game, and didn't take winning or losing it seriously. When I play a game, I want to enjoy the game and not deal with people's moods. A game is more fun when a person doesn't take the winning or losing as a life or death situation.

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April 4, 2020 at 11:30am

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Jalál (Glory), 16 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Saturday, April 4, 2020

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Day 2696: Make a happy list with ten items.

Reading, memorizing, and saying prayers revealed by Baha'u'llah. One of my favorite prayers is the unity prayer.

Bahá’u’lláh 11

Drinking coffee out of my writing.com travel mug.

Listening to the sparrows sing on a beautiful spring or summer morning.

Writing and reading poetry.

Reviewing on writing.com.

Finding a new and thought provoking quote. This morning I discovered the following.

“The good road and the road of difficulties are made to cross, and where they cross the place is holy.”
Black Elk 12 13

Attending devotional and Holy Day services at the Baha'i Center or online.

Watching and listening to musical videos on YouTube.

Keeping in touch with my family either over the phone or on Facebook.

Funny and/or thought provoking memes.

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How many cups/glasses/mugs/etc do you have at home? Which is your favorite, and why? Tell us about how you got it.

There are at least 8 coffee mugs in this house. There could be more because there are containers that haven't been unpacked since the last move. My favorite is the writing.,com travel mug, which was given to me by Schnujo NEEDS to do homework

. It's my favorite because it keeps my coffee hot and it has a lid that makes it's difficult to spill the coffee.

Footnotes
11 http://www.bahaiprayers.org/unity1.htm
12 Sioux shaman
13 Quoted in the article Becoming Battle Ready for an Invisible Enemy by Robin Chandler https://bahaiteachings.org/becoming-battle-ready-for-an-invisible-enemy/.

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April 3, 2020 at 12:16pm

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Lighting Up The World

Istiqlál (Independence), 15 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Friday, April 3, 2020

In this time of darkness,
when humanity
is imprisoned
in the Valley of the Shadow
of COVID-19,
how can I light up the path
for humankind?

I can Light Up the World

by sharing a prayer,
positive thought,
or uplifting video
with humanity.

April 2, 2020 at 11:02am

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Choose Happiness

Istijlál (Majesty), 14 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Thursday, April 2, 2020

"I myself was in prison forty years – one year alone would have been impossible to bear – nobody survived that imprisonment more than a year! But, thank God, during all those forty years I was supremely happy! Every day, on waking, it was like hearing good tidings, and every night infinite joy was mine. Spirituality was my comfort, and turning to God was my greatest joy. If this had not been so, do you think it possible that I could have lived through those forty years in prison?

Thus, spirituality is the greatest of God’s gifts, and ‘Life Everlasting’ means ‘Turning to God’."

Abdu’l-Baha 14 15

I choose happiness,
contentment with what I have,
gratitude for everything that happens to me,
focus on the joy and beauty of everyday existence,
and placing all the negatives in my life in the hands of God.

Happiness
is a positive decision
that transforms the midnight hours
of tests and difficulties
into golden moments
that transform the soul,
and bring peace to the mind.

Footnotes
14 Paris Talks
15 Quoted in 4 Ways to Choose Happiness in a Time of Crisis by Kathy Roman https://bahaiteachings.org/ways-choose-happiness-time-crisis/.

Midweek Reflections on April Fool's Day and Happiness

April 1, 2020 at 11:45am

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ʻIdál (Justice), 13 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Wednesday, April 1, 2020

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April 1 is supposed to be April Fool's Day. Since we're all #SaferAtHome, it's a bit harder to prank people. What are some things you can do remotely to somebody for a good laugh?

It's Wednesday and time for some Midweek Reflections. It's also April Fool's Day, which normally makes me a bit nervous. That's why when I saw the meme on Facebook that said April Fool's Day was cancelled because no prank could come close to what's going on in the real world. I don't care for pranks anymore than I like April Fool's Day, neither make me happy. I don't find, most, pranks funny.

I enjoy laughter and making people laugh. This is why I very seldom tell jokes. When I attempt to tell a joke I end up committing jokicide. I either murder the punchline or the entire joke, and people stare at me as if I'm an alien from another planet. So, how do I make people laugh? If I see something funny on Facebook, I will share it. If I can read a joke word-for-word, I will share it.

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Day 2089t: Hope for the future. Use this line in your Blog entry today.

At 73,
I still have

hope for the future.

Hope that world peace will arrive.
Hope that people will find happiness
even when faced with difficulties.
Hope that the human race
will come together in peace,
unity,
love,
and happiness.

Hope and happiness
are spiritual attributes,
and choices that we make each day.

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March 31, 2020 at 11:55am

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The Season of Hapiness

Fiḍál (Grace), 12 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Tuesday, March 31, 2020

"If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look?"
‘Abdu’l-Bahá, 16

This is the season of happiness,
the day to raise your voices in jubilation
and gratitude
for another day of life,
for another chance to proclaim
the name of your Lord.

Raise your voices is joyful song,
and sing

"Praise the Lord!
"There is no God, but God!"
"O Thou Glory of Glories!"
"God the All-Glorious!"

Raise your voices in joyous exaltation
because this is the season of happiness.

Footnotes
16 Bahá’í World Faith, p. 351

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March 30, 2020 at 1:45pm

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Happiness Is

Kamál (Perfection), 11 Bahá (Splendor) 177 B.E. Monday, March 30, 2020

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Day 2691: What scent evokes memories for you?

Happiness is
the aroma of morning,
the perfume of fresh brewed coffee
brings back memories of my childhood.

Grandpa
making cowboy coffee
in an electric percolator,
and then
rolling his own cigarettes
while he waited for the coffee to brew.

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