O ye tender seedlings in the garden of the love of God! O ye
fresh saplings in the meadows of the knowledge of God!
The sight of the flowering plants in a springtime garden is
delightful. The new-grown herbs shed abroad their pungent fragrances, each
blossom charms the eye with its particular beauty, while the leaves and fruit
are speedily burgeoning. And when people find their way into the garden and
gaze on the beauty of the flowers, they inhale the perfume, their souls are
exhilarated and their hearts are solaced. Therefore, O ye who are blossoms of
heavenly twigs and the fruit on the tree of fellowship, grow rapidly in this
rare springtime…
- ‘Abdu’l-Baha (From a Tablet; ‘Baha’i Prayers and Tablets for
Children’, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of
Justice)
