Changing Times Blog

And so we Bend

I am beyond tired. I don’t think that Bahá’í students, or any student for that fact, know what tired is.

I think tired is an understatement resigned for moments that begin with: “Hey, how are you today?”, masking the true depth of the feeling.

We are exhausted.

The weight of the world weighs heavy on our shoulders. We carry the burdening gift of knowing that our future is beautiful, but that beauty will come at great cost and great sacrifice. Not only must we strive to become learned and educated, but we must push each and every day to better ourselves, showing the peoples of our world that humanity can reach the unknown.

We are stretched like the skin of a drum that beats on, the inevitable beat of life, moving with no repose, no rest.

When will we break? Never.

We are tired because we choose to be. This is our path and we choose to walk it, knowing full well that we can no longer avoid the fire. We need to
charge headlong into it with so much force that the wind of our passing extinguishes it.

Only then can we resign ourselves to sleep. Only then, once we have risen above our limits, can we close our eyes and dream. And we dream knowing full well that tomorrow will bring more fire.

The fire is love disguised and we embrace it.

We are all students.

Life is our school.

by Robert Gillies, the next John Mayer (Rob will perform at CT08!)

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