Newsletter of the Bahá'í Community in Northern Ireland
Issue 70 - 16 'Azamat 159 BE - 1 June 2002 CE
BAHÁ'Í THEORY OF RELATIVITY
It's funny how a $20.00 bill looks so big when you take it to Feast, but so small when you take it to the mall.
It's funny how big an hour at Teaching Committee looks and how small 60 minutes are when spent playing golf or fishing.
It's funny how long a couple of hours spent at a Deepening is, but how short they are when watching a movie.
It's funny how we get thrilled when a football game goes into overtime, but we complain when Feast is longer than usual.
It's funny how laborious it is to read the Writings twice a day and how easy it is to read 300 pages of a best selling novel.
It's funny how we believe what newspapers say, but often question that what Baha'u'llah says is the best for us.
It's funny how we cannot fit a Fireside into our schedulers, but we can "pencil in" other events at a moment's notice.
It's funny how much difficulty some have learning a simple Hidden Word well enough to tell others, but how simple it is for the same people to grasp and spread gossip or remember a lengthy joke.
It's funny how most of our prayers last a few minutes, but phone conversations with a friend can spill over an hour.
It's funny how reading 500 words of an email is a breeze, but reading 5 verses of Bahá'u'lláh is so difficult.
It's funny how we are so quick to take direction from a total stranger when we are lost, but are hesitant to sake God's direction.
It's funny how people are so consumed with what others think about them rather than what God knows about them.
(originated from Phil Christenen - South Africa)