Two and half months…
I have been meaning to blog since the first day I arrived in Haifa, Israel, the Baha’i World Center and Holy Land. Almost everyday something unexpected and amazing, challenging yet humorous, or unimaginably inspiring happens and I wish I had the time to write it all down. I don’t want to forget anything or get so caught up in my day-to-day tasks that I fail to recognize or fully appreciate the significance of these happenings. One moment I feel the same as I would if I were anywhere else in the world, leading a normal life. The next moment I am caught off guard by something that reminds me of where I am and I how lucky I am to be serving here.
It hasn’t been an easy two and half months. I’ve had to adjust to a lot of new things, and remaining continuously focused on my service and fully conscious of why I am here has been a challenge. But for each difficult moment, I experience a hundred wonderful moments, like the other day when I was in Bahji at sun set. As I walked down the white-stoned path toward the Shrine of Baha’u'llah, the sun set on my right and was shining a warm pink/orange light onto all the trees, flowers, and statues in the gardens. It was breezy but very quiet. All I could hear were birds singing and the footsteps of the pilgrims and other staff walking to or from the Shrine.
Hopefully now that I’ve gone to the trouble of giving my blog a new look and a new title I will be writing in it more. I guess we’ll see what happens 
January 30, 2011 at 2:09 am
Yay, please do write more! Thanks for sharing! Beautiful
January 30, 2011 at 7:37 am
Bahji at sunset is probably as beautiful as beauty gets.
January 31, 2011 at 12:09 pm
I agree!
January 30, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Definitely a good idea if you write things down, even if just a record of what you did, who you met, and where you went – it is all so precious and there will be too much to remember without the mental jog of some notes. A regular blog might be daunting, but nice to read this first post. So many memories flood back into my mind of Bahji.