turning to God was my greatest joy...

There is so much despair in the world today, with everyone searching for happiness in the wrong places. People are lost in their rage, hatred, lust, and confusion yet still they are seeking but cannot seem to find lasting joy. The Baha'i Revelation has the answer.

You see all round you proofs of the inadequacy of material things -- how joy, comfort, peace and consolation are not to be found in the transitory things of the world. Is it not then foolishness to refuse to seek these treasures where they may be found? The doors of the spiritual Kingdom are open to all, and without is absolute darkness. `Abdu'l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 111.

God is calling to humanity with the divine remedy. But one must recognize the Blessed Beauty if one is to experience this joy of the Kingdom.

I myself was in prison forty years -- one year alone would have been impossible to bear -- nobody survived that imprisonment more than a year! But, thank God, during all those forty years I was supremely happy!

Every day, on waking, it was like hearing good tidings, and every night infinite joy was mine. Spirituality was my comfort, and turning to God was my greatest joy. If this had not been so, do you think it possible that I could have lived through those forty years in prison?

Thus, spirituality is the greatest of God's gifts, and 'Life Everlasting' means 'Turning to God'. May you, one and all, increase daily in spirituality, may you be strengthened in all goodness, may you be helped more and more by the Divine consolation, be made free by the Holy Spirit of God, and may the power of the Heavenly Kingdom live and work among you.  `Abdu'l-Bahá, Paris Talks, pp. 111-112.