I don't know what could be a more perfect quote than this for my fasting blog. I feel more and more I might be the only one reading this now anyway and this is my favorite quote of all. I haven't been able to get online to post the last few days, but as I meditated this morning I knew that I knew I needed to relax into this blogging thing. Just post when I can, not fret over it. If it was meant to be I'd be able to get online. The same goes for my other 2 blogs. I felt like I just "had" to blog everyday. why? It's for me- to help me to enrich my spiritual fasting experience. I've been doing more "formal" praying lately, even before the fast. By formal I mean prayers written by other people- especially by The Bab, Baha'u'llah, and Abdu'l -Baha . But also by Marianne Williamson and other " Lay" people. Today I was reading about Prayer from a Baha'i perspective and came across this quote which really moved me- spoke to how I feel about it.
" If one friend feels love for another, he will wish to say so. Though he knows that the friend is aware that he loves him, he will still wish to say so....God knows the wishes of all hearts. But the impulse to prayer is a natural one, springing from man's love to God. .....Prayer need not be in words, but rather in thought and attitude. But if this love and this desire are lacking, it is useless to try to force them. Words without love mean nothing. If a person talks to you as an unpleasant duty, with no love or pleasure in his meeting with you, do you wish to converse with him?" ~ Abdu'l-Baha