Be Generous In Prosperity And Thankful In

Sources: Gleanings From The Writings Of Baha'u'llah

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the

trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face.

Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the

cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in

thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be unjust to no man, and show all

meekness to all men. Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a j y

to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an

upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and

uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm

to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the

blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to

the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the

temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of mankind, an

ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a

dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a

sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining

light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of

humility.