Despondent
He strongly urges you not to dwell on yourself. Each one of us, if we look into our failures, is sure to feel unworthy and despondent, and this feeling only frustrates our constructive efforts and wastes time. The thing for us to focus on is the glory of the Cause and the Power of Bahá’u’lláh which can make of a mere drop a surging sea!
- Shoghi Effendi, Lights of Guidance, p. 113
Quote of the Day
Istiqlal 1 Mulk 182 B.E.
With regard to your first question on alcohol and drinking, Bahá’u’lláh, fully aware of the great misery that it bring about, prohibits it as He expressly states that everything that takes away the mind, or in other words makes one drunk, is forbidden.
Shoghi Effendi – Lights of Guidance, p. 349