Deck the tree . . .

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Welcome to Thames Valley Bahai Community’s regular ‘thought for the month’ Bahai webpost.

Each thought is taken from the Bahai Reference Library.

Here’s December’s ‘thought for the month’: “Strain every nerve to acquire both inner and outer perfections, for the fruit of the human tree hath ever been and will ever be perfections both within and without. It is not desirable that a man be left without knowledge or skills, for he is then but a barren tree. Then, so much as capacity and capability allow, ye needs must deck the tree of being with fruits such as knowledge, wisdom, spiritual perception and eloquent speech.”  From a Tablet – translated from the Persian [9]

Teaching compassion using creativity

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West Berkshire Bahá’í Community's children's class
Anisa Khorassani (left) and Saba Khorassani bring compassion to life using art

The quality of compassion was brought alive in song and art by youngsters at yesterday’s (Sunday 6 November) children’s class run by West Berkshire Bahá’í Community.

The children, aged 8 to 11, tapped into their creative side to put their thoughts about compassion to music and drawings.

Myra Erbenova, who leads the classes, said: “Bahá’u’lláh  showed forth compassion at all times, to all people, though His life was filled with suffering.”

The children memorised Bahá’u’lláh’s words: “The Kingdom of God is founded upon equity and justice, and also upon mercy, compassion and kindness to every living soul.”

More details about the children’s classes can be found on our children page.