{"id":2702,"date":"2012-06-20T16:51:25","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T21:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2012-06-20T16:51:25","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T21:51:25","slug":"the-value-of-these-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/2702","title":{"rendered":"The value of these days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Hydrangeas at the House of Worship by Sholeh, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sholeh\/7375091948\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7095\/7375091948_16527f443e_m.jpg\" alt=\"Hydrangeas at the House of Worship\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><strong>&#8220;The doors of the Kingdom are opened. The lights of the Sun of Truth are shining. The clouds of divine mercy are raining down their priceless jewels. The zephyrs of a new and divine springtime are wafting their fragrant breaths from the invisible world. Know ye then the value of these days.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nAwake\u00c2\u00a0ye\u00c2\u00a0to the\u00c2\u00a0realization\u00c2\u00a0of this heavenly opportunity. Strive with all the power of your souls, your deeds, actions and words to assist the spread of these glad tidings and the descent of this merciful bounty. You are the reality and expression of your deeds and actions. If you abide by the precepts and teachings of the Blessed Perfection, the heavenly world and ancient Kingdom will be yours\u00e2\u20ac\u201deternal happiness, love and everlasting life.&#8221;<\/strong> <em>&#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAbdu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122l-Bah\u00c3\u00a1, The Promulgation of Universal Peace<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have been reading Rob Stockman&#8217;s new book on my lunch break, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bahaibookstore.com\/productdetails.cfm?sku=ABAT\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcAbdu\u00e2\u20ac\u2122l-Bah\u00c3\u00a1 in America<\/span><\/a>, and this talk was quoted in the book. I have become more and more conscious in recent weeks of the precious value of these days, trying not to waste any moments, trying to take action and move forward with my life. The distractions are many, and sometimes it is hard to focus.<\/p>\n<p>One day at a time, trying to be inspired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The doors of the Kingdom are opened. The lights of the Sun of Truth are shining. The clouds of divine mercy are raining down their priceless jewels. The zephyrs of a new and divine springtime are wafting their fragrant breaths&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bahai","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2702"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2706,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2702\/revisions\/2706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}