I supplicate God that day by day thou mayest become more
steadfast, so that like unto an impregnable stronghold thou mayest withstand
the surging of the ocean of tests and trials. The people of the world are like
unto trees. Those that are rootless are toppled by the slightest breeze, while
those that grow deep roots and become strong and firm are not shaken by violent
winds, and in time bring forth leaves and blossoms and fruit.
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; compilation: ‘Give Me Thy Grace to Serve Thy Loved Ones’,
prepared by the International Teaching Center for the Continental Counsellors
and their Auxiliaries, May 2018)
