All Quarterly Issues

289 Love

Let your heart burn with loving kindness for all who may cross your path. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abdu’l-BaháLoveStory of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Once, when ‘Abdu’l-Bahá was in America, He told the Friends that He wanted to go to the zoo. They tried to explain to 'Abdu’l-Bahá that it...

286 Abdu’l-Bahá and Japan

It was a warm summer morning in Okinawa; the family had just finished their morning prayers together. Mother and Father were showing pictures of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and children. There were photos of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with children in Paris, London, America, and Israel. The...

285 Who is ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’?

  “My name is ‘Abdul-Bahá, my identity is ‘Abdul-Bahá, my qualification is‘Abdul-Bahá, my reality is‘Abdul-Bahá, my praise is ‘Abdul-Bahá. Thraldom to the Blessed Perfection is my glorious and refulgent diadem; and servitude to all the human race is my perpetual...

284 Beauty

It was a sunny Okinawan afternoon when Mother heard Shahla and her best friend Chihiro come in from school. Shahla was speaking Japanese excitedly to her friend as they went into the tatami room. Mother went in to greet them and brought some cookies she had just baked...

283 Gratitude brings Joy

Riaz came running into the house shouting. (It was Riaz…of course he was shouting!) “Disneyland!! Disneyland!! Disneyland!!” Asma, Mona, Shahla and Anisa came running to see what he was yelling about! “There is a Disneyland here!” shouted Riaz, jumping up and down!...

282 Nobility of Mankind

O SON OF SPIRIT! Noble have I created thee,  yet thou hast abased thyself. Rise then unto that for which thou wast created.                                           Bahá’u’lláh The family was gathered in the tatami room, where they said their morning prayers. Mother...

281 Service to Others

Shahla was in the dining room with her best friend, Chihiro. Mother was teaching them how to make shell necklaces. Mother had just taken the shells out of the toaster oven. Mona walked in as the girls started coloring the hot shells with crayons. She watched as the...

280 Twin Manifestations

“I am, I am, I am the Promised one....” The Bab Shahla came running into the house. Throwing her book bag on the floor, she sat down panting for breath at the tatami room table where Mother and little Anisa sat drawing and coloring. “Mom! We got new kids in our class...

279 Respect / Humility

“Be… a fruit upon the tree of humility.”  Baha’u’llah It was a warm Saturday afternoon in Okinawa. Asma came into the kitchen where Mona, Shahla and Anisa were helping Mother bake cookies. “Mom! Riaz left my Dragon Ball Zed Manga outside on the porch! It could have...

278 Kindness

  Kindness It was a sunny day, at the beginning of summer in Okinawa. Riaz came in from school and called out, “Mom guess what I saw Mona do, when she was walking home from school today!” “Riaz!” warned Shahla right behind him. “Don’t be a tattle tale! You know...