Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Dear Susan and Family,Our hearts and prayers are with you in this, your time of sorrow. Do not stand by my grave and weepI am not there; I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds that blow,I am the diamond glints on snow,I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain.When you awaken in the morningâ??s hush,I am the swift uplifting rushOf quiet birds in circled flight.I am the soft stars that shine at night.Do not stand at my grave and cry,I am not there; I did not die.Mary Elizabeth FryeMay the following words bring you comfort:"[T]hank divine Providence that I have been freed from a small and gloomy cage and, like the birds of the meadows, have soared to the divine world -- a world which is spacious, illumined, and ever gay and jubilant. Therefore, lament not....and be not grieved; I am not of the lost, nor have I been obliterated and destroyed. I have shaken off the mortal form and have raised my banner in this spiritual world. Following this separation is everlasting companionship. Thou shalt find me in the heaven of the Lord, immersed in an ocean of light."'Abdu'l-BahaWe keep you in our prayers.With warm and loving greetings,The Baha'is of Creston and Central Kootenay B
