O thou whose years are few, yet whose mental gifts are many!
How many a child, though young in years, is yet mature and sound in judgement!
How many an aged person is ignorant and confused! For growth and development
depend on one’s powers of intellect and reason, not on one’s age or length of
days.
Although still in the season of childhood, yet hast thou
recognized thy Lord, while myriads of women are oblivious of Him and are shut
away from His heavenly Kingdom and deprived of His bestowals. Render thou
thanks unto thy Lord for this wondrous gift. (‘Abdu’l-Baha, ‘Selections from
the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’)
