tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10317178971514776462024-03-01T15:07:34.359-10:00LizKauaiPersonal blog of Liz from Kauai.Lizkauaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384995138214465451noreply@blogger.comBlogger927125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031717897151477646.post-31194668699163540982014-02-12T22:01:00.001-10:002014-02-12T22:01:06.808-10:00Family DinnerNice to hang out with the family in Poipu!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1QBdJJ0Z5vnNok5NQvqMdYEEtygBirlDARwlUKlU1EMAhrCnk41pGYfSPxeuMJ-MnC4gWTQde7n3B7jZiHxfo99gIyP4X-BCpcZC4pgyYP1TFCyCwG2oA8A4rg8Xwxqa5raGJASbGaQ/s640/blogger-image-1056830332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1QBdJJ0Z5vnNok5NQvqMdYEEtygBirlDARwlUKlU1EMAhrCnk41pGYfSPxeuMJ-MnC4gWTQde7n3B7jZiHxfo99gIyP4X-BCpcZC4pgyYP1TFCyCwG2oA8A4rg8Xwxqa5raGJASbGaQ/s640/blogger-image-1056830332.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Lizkauaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10384995138214465451noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1031717897151477646.post-12475928263730915132011-11-11T11:25:00.001-10:002011-11-11T11:32:53.671-10:00Celebrating the Birth of Baha'u'llah<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Throughout history, God has revealed Himself to humanity through a series of divine Messengers, each of whom has founded a great religion. The Messengers have included Abraham, Krishna, Zoroaster, Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad.
The latest of these Messengers is Bahá’u’lláh, who brings new spiritual and social teachings for our modern age. He taught that there is only one God, that all of the world’s religions are from God, and that now is the time for humanity to recognize its oneness and unite.<br />
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Sometimes you just gotta try something new! Here's how we celebrated Grandma Susan's 90th birthday. Missing from the cruise were Aaron and Jamison Habermann. The rest of Grandma Susan's kids, grands and great-grands were aboard!</div>
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One Year Old!<br />
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In the evening, we were joined by my dear friends the Smith/Green family.<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i>He that hath Me not is bereft of all things. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><i>Turn ye away from all that is on earth and seek none else but Me. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><i>I am the Sun of Wisdom and the Ocean of Knowledge. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><i>I cheer the faint and revive the dead. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><i>I am the guiding Light that illumineth the way. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><i>I am the royal Falcon on the arm of the Almighty. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><i>I unfold the drooping wings of every broken bird and start it on its flight. - </i>Baha'u'llah</span><br />
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<h2>Naw Ruz message to Iran's people inspires launch of online documentary series about human rights</h2><span class="submitted">March 20, 2011 - 11:00pm</span> Three short films released today, featuring interviews with Iranian Baha'is whose families have been persecuted by the Iranian government, mark the launch of a series of mini-documentaries – titled "Angels of Iran" – that focus on the country's human rights record.<br />
Executives chose the day celebrating the ancient Persian new year, Naw Ruz, as the series launch date to send a message to the people of Iran that the springtime symbolized by this occasion is destined for Iran's struggle with human rights as well.<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">The company behind the film series, Single Arrow Productions, plans to explore the subject of human rights in Iran told through the stories of individuals who have suffered at the hands of the Iranian regime or through interviews with experts on the subject. </div><div style="text-align: left;">The first three films are available on the website: <a href="http://angelsofiran.com/" target="_blank">http://www.angelsofiran.com</a> Additional videos will be posted there in the coming weeks.</div><br />
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<h2>Naw-Rúz</h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Naw-Rúz, March 21, is the first day of the Bahá'í year.)</span> </h2><div class="opening" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="versal" id="P">P</span>raised be Thou, O my God, that Thou hast ordained Naw-Rúz as a festival unto those who have observed the Fast for love of Thee and abstained from all that is abhorrent unto thee. Grant, O my Lord, that the fire of Thy love and the heat produced by the Fast enjoined by Thee may inflame them in Thy Cause, and make them to be occupied with Thy praise and with remembrance of Thee.</span></div><div class="opening" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since thou hast adorned them, O my Lord, with the ornament of the Fast prescribed by Thee, do Thou adorn them also with the ornament of Thine acceptance, through Thy grace and bountiful favor. For the doings of men are all dependent upon Thy good-pleasure, and are conditioned by Thy behest. Shouldst Thou regard him who hath broken the Fast as one who hath observed it, such a man would be reckoned among them who from eternity had been keeping the Fast. And shouldst Thou decree that he who hath observed the Fast hath broken it, that person would be numbered with such as have caused the Robe of Thy Revelation to be stained with dust, and been far removed from the crystal waters of this living Fountain.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thou art He through Whom the ensign “Praiseworthy art Thou in Thy works” hath been lifted up, and the standard “Obeyed art Thou in Thy behest” hath been unfurled. Make known this Thy station, O my God, unto Thy servants, that they may be made aware that the excellence of all things is dependent upon Thy bidding and Thy word, and the virtue of every act is conditioned by Thy leave and the good pleasure of Thy will, and may recognize that the reins of men's doings are within the grasp of Thine acceptance and Thy commandment. Make this known unto them, that nothing whatsoever may shut them out from Thy Beauty, in these days whereon the Christ exclaimeth: “All dominion is Thine, O Thou the Begetter of the Spirit (Jesus)”; and Thy Friend (Muhammad) crieth out: “Glory be to Thee, O Thou the Best-Beloved, for that Thou hast uncovered Thy Beauty, and written down for Thy chosen ones what will cause them to attain unto the seat of the revelation of Thy Most Great Name, through which all the peoples have lamented except such as have detached themselves from all else except Thee, and set themselves towards Him Who is the Revealer of Thyself and the Manifestation of Thine attributes.”</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He Who is Thy Branch and all Thy company, O my Lord, have broken this day their fast, after having observed it within the precincts of Thy court, and in their eagerness to please Thee. Do Thou ordain for Him, and for them, and for all such as have entered Thy presence in those days all the good Thou didst destine in Thy Book. Supply them, then, with that which will profit them, in both this life and in the life beyond.</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thou, in truth, art the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.</span></div><h4 id="author">Bahá’u’lláh</h4><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><script type="text/javascript">
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Lilu an Gryphon had a blast!<br />
<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/micheledear/20101225XmasAtTimmyS#5555109385161967762">Tim with Gryphon and Lilu</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jen (Tom had to work)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tree at Tim and Urs' house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nahla, Urs and Gryphon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marquez (Tim and Jen's son)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lilu decorates gingerbread</td></tr>
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Lilu and Gryphon at 8 months.<br />
Think they look alike?<br />
They should. They are twins, born 2 years apart.<br />
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ABC's according to Lilu<br />
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She was surprised (very pleasantly) to hear that he is a developing artist.<br />
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</div>So that got me thinking about creativity.<br />
Which led me to Rainn Wilson.<br />
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And then, of course, Sir Ken Robinson.<br />
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... But it's not only about that. It's about passion. Often, people are good at things they don't really care for. It's about passion, and what excites our spirit and our energy. And if you're doing the thing that you love to do, that you're good at, time takes a different course entirely. My wife's just finished writing a novel, and I think it's a great book, but she disappears for hours on end. You know this, if you're doing something you love, an hour feels like five minutes. If you're doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit, five minutes feels like an hour. And the reason so many people are opting out of education is because it doesn't feed their spirit, it doesn't feed their energy or their passion.<br />
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So I think we have to change metaphors. We have to go from what is essentially an industrial model of education, a manufacturing model, which is based on linearity and conformity and batching people. We have to move to a model that is based more on principles of agriculture. We have to recognize that human flourishing is not a mechanical process, it's an organic process. And you cannot predict the outcome of human development; all you can do, like a farmer, is create the conditions under which they will begin to flourish....<br />
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This brings my grandchildren Lilu and Gryphon into my house and my fish tanks into theirs via FaceTime.<br />
It also gives us great videos to share with you!<br />
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<h2>Getting to the heart and soul of Thanksgiving</h2><div class="node" id="node-296"><span class="submitted">November 22, 2010 - 10:00am</span> <br />
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</span>At this season we reflect on the spiritual significance of thanksgiving with the following words of Abdu’l-Baha, son of Baha’u’llah, Founder of the Baha'i Faith. Abdu'l-Baha shared these thoughts when he visited the United States in 1912:<b><br />
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"Thankfulness is of various kinds. There is a verbal thanksgiving which is confined to a mere utterance of gratitude. This is of no importance because perchance the tongue may give thanks while the heart is unaware of it. <br />
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"Many who offer thanks to God are of this type, their spirits and hearts unconscious of thanksgiving. This is mere usage, just as when we meet, receive a gift and say thank you, speaking the words without significance. One may say thank you a thousand times while the heart remains thankless, ungrateful. <br />
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"Therefore, mere verbal thanksgiving is without effect. But real thankfulness is a cordial giving of thanks from the heart. When man in response to the favors of God manifests susceptibilities of conscience, the heart is happy, the spirit is exhilarated. These spiritual susceptibilities are ideal thanksgiving.<br />
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"There is a cordial thanksgiving, too, which expresses itself in the deeds and actions of man when his heart is filled with gratitude. For example, God has conferred upon man the gift of guidance, and in thankfulness for this great gift certain deeds must emanate from him. <br />
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"To express his gratitude for the favors of God man must show forth praiseworthy actions. In response to these bestowals he must render good deeds, be self-sacrificing, loving the servants of God, forfeiting even life for them, showing kindness to all the creatures.<br />
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"He must be severed from the world, attracted to the Kingdom of Abha, the face radiant, the tongue eloquent, the ear attentive, striving day and night to attain the good pleasure of God. Whatsoever he wishes to do must be in harmony with the good pleasure of God. He must observe and see what is the will of God and act accordingly. There can be no doubt that such commendable deeds are thankfulness for the favors of God.<br />
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"Consider how grateful anyone becomes when healed from sickness, when treated kindly by another or when a service is rendered by another, even though it may be of the least consequence. If we forget such favors, it is an evidence of ingratitude. Then it will be said a loving-kindness has been done, but we are thankless, not appreciating this love and favor. <br />
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"Physically and spiritually we are submerged in the sea of God's favor. He has provided our foods, drink and other requirements; His favors encompass us from all directions. The sustenances provided for man are blessings. Sight, hearing and all his faculties are wonderful gifts. These blessings are innumerable; no matter how many are mentioned, they are still endless. <br />
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"Spiritual blessings are likewise endless -- spirit, consciousness, thought, memory, perception, ideation and other endowments. By these He has guided us, and we enter His Kingdom. He has opened the doors of all good before our faces. He has vouchsafed eternal glory. He has summoned us to the Kingdom of heaven. He has enriched us by the bestowals of God. Every day he has proclaimed new glad tidings. Every hour fresh bounties descend.<br />
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"Consider how all the people are asleep, and ye are awake. They are dead, and ye are alive through the breaths of the Holy Spirit. They are blind while ye are endowed with perceptive sight. They are deprived of the love of God, but in your hearts it exists and is glowing. Consider these bestowals and favors.<br />
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"Therefore, in thanksgiving for them ye must act in accordance with the teachings of Baha’u’llah. Ye must <a href="http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/b/" target="_blank">read the Tablets</a> -- the Hidden Words, Ishraqat, Glad Tidings -- all the holy utterances, and act according to them. This is real thanksgiving, to live in accord with these utterances. This is true thankfulness and the divine bestowal. This is thanksgiving and glorification of God."<br />
--Excerpt from a talk given by <a href="http://www.bahai.us/central-figures" target="_blank">Abdu'l-Baha</a> in 1912<br />
<a href="http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/PUP/pup-83.html.utf8?query=15%20July%201912&action=highlight#" target="_blank">Promulgation of Universal Peace, pg. 236-237</a></div></div><br />
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<a href="http://www.npr.org/2010/11/16/131360868/paranoia-psychodrama-dominate-deathly-hallows">http://www.npr.org/2010/11/16/131360868/paranoia-psychodrama-dominate-deathly-hallows</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Celebrating the Birth of Baha'u'llah</b></i></span><br />
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"The impartial investigation of truth depends upon the effort and pure qualities of the seeker. Only in this way can the individual attain to the true knowledge of God.”<br />
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<b>Pride.</b>: <br />
<small class="commentmetadata"><a href="http://warriorbeat.honadvblogs.com/2010/11/02/tradeoffs/#comment-520210" title="">November 3rd, 2010 at 12:26 am</a> </small> Four Expectations<br />
1) Expect To Win.<br />
2) Expect To Be In A Dogfight.<br />
3) Expect That Sometime During the Game; Winning Will Appear To Be Impossible.<br />
4) Expect To Win The Game Late In The Fourth Quarter.<br />
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<b>Pride.</b>: <br />
<small class="commentmetadata"><a href="http://warriorbeat.honadvblogs.com/2010/11/02/tradeoffs/#comment-520216" title="">November 3rd, 2010 at 12:36 am</a> </small> We are Hawaii. We are the Warriors. We have presence. We have confidence. We posture ourselves properly. When we walk into a room, we have amd walk with a commanding presence. Boise state has to beat us. They have to play their best game to beat us. We are the leaders in the WAC for the year 2010. We are in the lead in the conference. We are at the top of the conference standings. Boise State has to beat us. They will need all of the help that they can get. They will need hometown advantage, they will need to paint their field blue. They are coming onto our field to try to beat us. Yes, our field. Every field that we step onto is our field. Everything between the lines is ours. We will own the line of scrimmage, we will own the field. No matter what city we go to, we will own the field. That is our posture. That is the culture that we are building as Warriors. Teams have to play up to us. Nuff said.<br />
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Today his son Andy (I still remember him running around the hotel on the Big Island during his dad's concert on the Big Island right after Hurricane Iniki hit us on Kauai.) is a breakthrough artist in music... and in the way music videos are enjoyed!<br />
Create your own version!<br />
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Here are some images from the last time I saw him- July 2009 in Honolulu at the Baha'i Teacher Training Institute.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/15045956">Gavin Badi Welch Memorial Video</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2559710">Jennifer Brandel</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
Gavin Welch was a dear soul who touched the hearts of everyone he met with his incredible humor, zest for life, and love for humanity.<br />
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This video is a tribute to his spirit, and is made out of the photos of his friends from around the world. <br />
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September 2010<br />
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Lilu and Gryphon- my sweet moopuna and growing up!<br />
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Gryphon, my future Rotarian and Lilu- enjoying her first oreo-style cookie!<br />
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