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?
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of finding happiness in the present moment, particularly during festive seasons.
Abdu'L-Bah's quote suggests that the essence of happiness is rooted in our current experiences rather than in future expectations. It calls us to appreciate the joy of the present season, implying that waiting for a more convenient or suitable time to be happy is futile, as we might never find that perfect moment if we do not cherish the one we are in.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a holiday gathering to reflect on the importance of joy in the moment.
Illnesses which occur because of physical causes should be treated by doctors with medical remedies; those which are due to spiritual causes disappear through spiritual means. Thus an illness caused by affliction, fear, nervous impressions, will be healed more effectively by spiritual rather than physical treatment. Hence, both kinds of treatment should be followed; they are not contradictory.
If you desire with all your heart, friendship with every race on earth, your thought, spiritual and positive, will spread; it will become the desire of others, growing stronger and stronger, until it reaches the minds of all men.
Love gives life to the lifeless. Love lights a flame in the heart that is cold. Love brings hope to the hopeless and gladdens the hearts of the sorrowful. In the world of existence there is indeed no greater power than the power of love
The wisdom of the appearance of the spirit in the body is this: the human spirit is a Divine Trust, and it must traverse all conditions, for its passage and movement through the conditions of existence will be the means of its acquiring perfections.
Truthfulness is the foundation of all the virtues of mankind
The confirmations of the Spirit are all those powers and gifts which some are born with (and which men sometimes call genius), but for which others have to strive with infinite pains. They come to that man or woman who accepts his life with radiant acquiescence.
Beauty comes in many forms-and there is no form more beautiful than you. Just exactly as you are, this minute, right now, without changing a thing...you are beautiful. Beautiful enough to take God's breath away. You do believe this, don't you? Oh, you must. You must. How can I believe in my beauty if you don't believe in yours?
What do I want to take home from my summer vacation? Time. The wonderful luxury of being at rest. The days when you shut down the mental machinery that keeps life on track and let life simply wander. The days when you stop planning, analyzing, thinking and just are. Summer is my period of grace.
A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
I believe in the possibility of happiness, if one cultivates intuition and outlives the grosser passions, including optimism.
Happiness is a great power of holiness. Thus, kind words, by their power of producing happiness, have also a power of producing holiness, and so of winning men to God.
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