Seeking Layli

Another little piece I did as an affirmation in the lead up to giving birth. This is one of my all time favourite quotes. Have lettered it before and will no doubt letter it again ❤️​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
"Be calm, be strong, be grateful, and become a lamp full of light, that the darkness of sorrows be annihilated, and that the sun of everlasting joy arise from the dawning-place of heard and soul, shining brightly." -'Abdu'l-Baha​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​
Day 78 of my ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​

Hello! It's been a long time, but I'm going to get back to posting (for real this time)! Did this piece recently in the lead up to Ayyam-i-Ha. I was hoping to get it made into magnets or stickers to give out to my daughter’s class at school but didn't end up doing so. Maybe in the future? Anyway, hope everyone is doing well out there. Looking forward to diving back into more art and engaging with all of you :) PS happy fasting to all the Baha'is who are in the last days of the 19 day Fast ❤️❤️
"Let your hearts reflect the glories of the Sun of Truth in their many colors to gladden the eye of the divine Cultivator Who has nourished them. Day by day become more closely attracted in order that the love of God may illumine all those with whom you come in contact. Be as one spirit, one soul, leaves of one tree, flowers of one garden, waves of one ocean." - 'Abdu'l-Baha, Promulgation of Universal Peace
Days 69-72 of my

Did this one a little while back for everyone in Fiji. After an amazing year last year of hardly any cases, Covid delta has hit Fiji hard. It’s tough when things are bad but there’s nothing you can actually do about it. Irrationally I feel almost guilty for leaving, and for being lucky enough to have somewhere safe to go when that isn’t the reality for so many. So the least I can manage is to keep on hoping and praying for things to improve, both in Fiji and worldwide where people all over are suffering.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
“O Lord! Leave them not to themselves, but keep them safe through Thy sovereignty and power and assist them through Thy might and bounty.” - Bahá’u’lláh⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Hi friends 👋🏼 Been a bit absent on here recently, will share a bit about why later, but for now here’s a little something I did a few weeks back 🌸🌼🌿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
"With the utmost friendliness and in a spirit of perfect fellowship take ye counsel together, and dedicate the precious days of your lives to the betterment of the world…" - Bahá'u'lláh⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I absolutely adore this quote from Shoghi Effendi. It’s a beautiful statement in itself, but it also is very nostalgic for me as I first came across it when I was around 18 at a summer program at Yerrinbool Baha’i Centre of Learning, where one of the other participants had put it to music. It became the song of the event, and by the end everyone was singing it together. I was lucky enough to get a recording of it, and have since also found it on YouTube (available here, by the very talented Zha, very worth checking out: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KyfVV-oSeao ).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
"Stop to be conscious of your frailties, therefore; have a perfect reliance upon God; let your heart burn with the desire to serve His Mission and proclaim His call; and you will observe how eloquence and the power to change human hearts will come as a matter of course." - Written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, in The Individual and Teaching: Raising the Divine Call, p. 21⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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