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Think Globally, Act Locally

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I have found myself doing this most of my life and it is wonderful to see this point of view catching on everywhere.

Inclusivity instead of exclusivity, embracing change rather than fearing change, and above all, seeing life as a cohesive whole, spiritual experience - these are the things that stand out to me.

When we see the people of the world as a family, complete with in-laws and outlaws, sibling squabbles and moving through the various stages of growth towards maturity (infant, child, adolescent, young adult, parent, and elder), it is possible to visualize Peace.

I start this week - which will be fraught with changes- with this meditation:

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. 

Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. 

Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. 

Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. 

Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all men. 

Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. 

Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts. 

Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. 

Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. 

Be an ornament to the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of mankind, an ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility.  

Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, page 285

Have A GREAT WEEK!