Once again, I'm continuing to take Bri's advice. So, this year's quotes also come from Abiding Blog articles. Plus the usual baker's dozen for Baha'i events, focusing this year on the Writings of Shoghi Effendi and with the usual nod to the 12 Steps. If you have trouble seeing the smaller versions of the posters below, you can always use/repeat Ctrl + (plus sign) to zoom in and Ctrl - (minus sign) to zoom back out. Feel free to copy/paste any images anywhere. Your social media, emails, a card, poster, T-shirt, whatever. But just for your personal use, not $-making. Please don't crop credit lines. Do use hashtags. Feel free to email me to request a high-res copy of any image(s) on this page. And enjoy!
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2024-07-15 To Go To
#LoveSpoilers #GiveMeSpoilers
![I enjoy spoilers: Or maybe it's 'cuz I can enjoy the journey a whole lot more if I don't have to worry about where the destination is. #LoveSpoilers #GiveMeSpoilers #AbidingBlog2019Spoilage](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 29 - To Go To.jpg) |
For Martyrdom of the Bab & Step 9
2024-07-09 Made Heirs
#SpiritualLeaders #TheBab
![[The Bab] assured them that if they did God's bidding, God would make them His heirs and spiritual leaders amont men. #SpiritualLeaders #TheBab #shoghieffendi](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24HD 09 - Made Heirs.jpg) |
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2024-07-08 To Spend Any
#LoveSpoilers #GiveMeSpoilers
![I enjoy spoilers: Maybe it's 'cuz my free time and disposable income are less than copious, so I'm more apt to spend my minutes and money on something that I have extra evidence is really gonna be worth it. #LoveSpoilers #GiveMeSpoilers #AbidingBlog2019Spoilage](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 28 - To Spend Any.jpg) |
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2024-07-01 You Do
#ThingsToDo #JustDoIt
![...sometimes there's something you HAVE to do, sometimes there's something you WANT to do, sometimes there's something you MANAGE to do, and sometimes there's something you just DO. #ThingsToDo #JustDoIt #AbidingBlog2019Haf2](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 27 - You Do.jpg) |
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2024-06-23 Rey Was A Kid
#SameSize #SameDistance
![Rey was a kid. Scale wasn't all that important to him yet. Everything seemed big. The moon and the Neutral Zone were equally distant. If the Eagle really existed, then so did the Enterprise. The wonders of childhood. #SameSize #SameDistance #AbidingBlog2019Rides](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 26 - Rey Was A Kid.jpg) |
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2024-06-17 Good Hugs
#GiveAHug #GetAHug
![[At the AA meeting, several people] mentioned how they appreciate my hugs. What they don't get is that I'm not GIVING good hugs, I'm GETTING good hugs. #GiveAHug #GetAHug #AbidingBlog2019Fifty](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 25 - Good Hugs.jpg) |
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2024-06-10 Have Words
#NuancedLanguage #PreciseWords
![Like, we didn't settle for saying "that longish, broad, heavy knife used as a sickle or weapon" ... Instead, we stole the world "machete". And you now know exactly what I'm talking about. You know what it looks like. You know how it's used. #NuancedLanguage #PreciseWords #AbidingBlog2018Reword](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 24 - Have Words.jpg) |
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2024-06-03 Save Words #NuancedLanguage #NewWords
![Our penchant for picking the pockets of other languages saves us from having to use long descriptive phrases when we want to hone in on something specific. #NuancedLanguage #NewWords #AbidingBlog2018Reword](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 23 - Save Words.jpg) |
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For Ascension (passing) of Baha'u'llah & Step 8
2024-05-28 Incomparable
#Glorious #Bahaulluh
![Dominating the entire range of this fascinating spectacle towers the incomparable figure of Baha'u'llah, transcendental in His majesty, serene, awe-inspiring, unapporachably glorious. #Glorious #Bahaullah #shoghieffendi](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24HD 08 - Incomparable.jpg) |
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2024-05-27 Steal Words
#NuancedLanguage #StolenWords
![English is arguably by far the most (rhyme-poor) nuance-rich language in the world. Because it unabashedly steals words from every language known to man. #NuancedLanguage #StolenWords #AbidingBlog2018Reword](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 22 - Steal Words.jpg) |
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For Declaration of the Bab & Step 7
2024-05-23 Exalted
#ExaltedStation #TheBab
![[E]nable every follower of the Faith...to better understand and more readily grasp the tremendous implications of [the Bab's] exalted station and to more ardently admire and love Him. #ExaltedStation #TheBab #shoghieffendi](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24HD 07 - Exalted.jpg) |
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2024-05-20 Love Words
#StillLearningEnglish #MotherTongue
![I love words. When people ask me why I never learned a foreign language, I tell them that I'm still busy learning English. #StillLearningEnglish #MotherTongue #AbidingBlog2018Reword](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 21 - Love Words.jpg) |
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2024-05-13 Being A Guest
#BeingAGuest #Perks
![One of the perks of being a guest rather than a tourist is getting introduced to places and people one's hosts are familiar with. #BeingAGuest #Perks #AbidingBlog2018Hi](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 20 - Being A Guest.jpg) |
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2024-05-06 Dream Life
#DreamLife #InLivingColor
![I still have a rich, detailed, complex, even compelling dream life. In living technicolor. Good to know. #DreamLife #InLivingColor #AbidingBlog2018Naughtmare](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 19 - Dream Life.jpg) |
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For Twelfth of Ridvan & Step 6
2024-05-01 Declaring
#InTheGarden #Bahaullah
![[continues from 04/28] ...the festival commemorating the Declaration of His Mission to His companions. #InTheGarden #Bahaullah #shoghieffendi](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24HD 06 - Declaring.jpg) |
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2024-04-29 Right There
#BaldEagle #EyesOnTheEagle
![On the train: I espied a bald eagle sitting in a treetop ... And I had my camera right there in my hand. So I did the smartest thing possible. I did not lift my camera ... Instead, I kept my eyes on the eagle ... Until it was out of sight. #BaldEagle #EyesOnTheEagle #AbidingBlog2018Wings](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 18 - Right There.jpg) |
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For Ninth of Ridvan & Step 5
2024-04-28 Signalizing
#InTheGarden #Bahaullah
![[continues from 04/20] ...signalizes the commencement of what has come to be recognized as the holiest and most significant of all Baha'i festivals... [continues on 05/01] #InTheGarden #Bahaullah #shoghieffendi](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24HD 05 - Signalizing.jpg) |
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2024-04-22 The Pacific
#ThePacific #FeelTheBigness
![I finally got the chance -- another first in my life -- to clamber past a line of driftwood, head down the beach, step to the edge of the water ... reach down barehanded, and touch the Pacific. I could practically feel the bigness. #ThePacific #FeelTheBigness #AbidingBlog2018Runs](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 17 - The Pacific.jpg) |
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For First of Ridvan & Step 4
2024-04-20 Arriving
#InTheGarden #Bahaullah
![The arrival of Baha'u'llah in the Najibiyyih Garden, subsequently designated by His followers the Garden of Ridvan... [continues on 04/28] #InTheGarden #Bahaullah #shoghieffendi](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24HD 04 - Arriving.jpg) |
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2024-04-15 I'm A Member
#ImAMember #ImHome
![The Baha'i Faith and AA are very alike in this: Wherever in the world I attend a gathering, I'm not just welcomed, I'm a member and I'm home. #ImAMember #ImHome #AbidingBlog2018Touristish](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 16 - I'm A Member.jpg) |
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2024-04-08 My Anchor
#PersonalAnchor #NumberTwoSon
![After the Halloween Horror Story: I went through the doors and simply leaned on [Mead]. We both laughed. I don't know what kind of anchor the ferry used; but he was definitely mine, there. #PersonalAnchor #NumberTwoSon #AbidingBlog2018Homeish](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 15 - My Anchor.jpg) |
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2024-04-01 Right Side?
#LookAtMyself #RightSideOfHistory
![And if the results...really bother me, I should look at myself, my values, my actions, my growth, my faith, my hopes and my results to see whether or not I'm on the right side of (future) history. #LookAtMyself #RightSideOfHistory #AbidingBlog2018Agenda](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 14 - Right Side.jpg) |
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2024-03-25 What Results?
#LookAtResults #ResultsMatter
![So how do I suss out whether/what an agenda is? Instead of getting hung up on the "agenda", real or imagined, I need to look at the results. That's what matters. #LookAtResults #ResultsMatter #AbidingBlog2018Agenda](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 13 - What Results.jpg) |
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For Naw-Ruz & Step 3
2024-03-20 Rejoicing
#Joy #Hospitality
![Naw-Ruz is our New Year, a Feast of hospitality and rejoicing. #Joy #Hospitality #shoghieffendi](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24HD 03 - Rejoicing.jpg) |
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2024-03-18 Why Bother?
#MakeAList #HaveAPlan
![If I don't have a plan for at (at least) my day, a list of things I need or want or hope to do, why even bother to get out of bed? #MakeAList #HaveAPlan #AbidingBlog2018Agenda](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 12 - Why Bother.jpg) |
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2024-03-11 No Plan?
#MakeAList #HaveAPlan
![Well, of course I do. I should hope so. An agenda is, according to the dictionary, "A plan or list of things to be done." #MakeAPlan #HaveAPlan #AbidingBlog2018Agenda](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 11 - No Plan.jpg) |
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2024-03-04 No Trust?
#OwnAgenda #Distrust
![People don't even make the accusation any more that "You have a hidden agenda!" ... No, they just retort, or even scream, "I don't trust you. You have your own agenda." #OwnAgenda #Distrust #AbidingBlog2018Agenda](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 10 - No Trust.jpg) |
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For 19-Day (daylight) Fast & Step 2
2024-03-01 Symbolic
#Symbol #Reminder
![Fasting is symbolic, and a reminder of abstinence from selfish and carnal desires. #Symbol #Reminder #shoghieffendi](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24HD 02 - Symbolic.jpg) |
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2024-02-26 Dirty Word?
#DirtyWord #OwnAgenda
![When did the word "agenda", all by itself, become a dirty word? #DirtyWord #OwnAgenda #AbidingBlog2018Agenda](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 09 - Dirty Word.jpg) |
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For Ayyam-i-Ha & Step 1
2024-02-26 Intercalary
#GiftGiving #Hospitality
![The intercalary days are specifically set aside for hospitality, the giving of gifts, etc. #GiftGiving #Hospitality #shoghieffendi](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24HD 01 - Intercalary.jpg) |
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2024-02-19 Now I See
#TrueMemes #DontStandBy
![The Baha'i Faith and the rooms of recovery helped me to see that I was wrong. God isn't like that. But some people are. And when it comes to injustice, I gotta call 'em like I see 'em. #TrueMemes #DontStandBy #AbidingBlog2018Mean](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 08 - Now I See.jpg) |
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2024-02-12 Used To Think
#FalseMemes #OldIdeas
![I used to think God was...two-faced...neglectful, capricious, disdainful, angry, judgmental, vengeful, punishing, [and] a sadistic paranoid schizophrenic. #FalseMemes #OldIdeas #AbidingBlog2018Mean](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 07 - Used To Think.jpg) |
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2024-02-05 About Balance
#FineLine #Balance
![Threading one's way between those concepts can be a fine line to walk. #FineLine #Balance #AbidingBlog2018Mean](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 06 - About Balance.jpg) |
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2024-01-29 About Justice
#StandUp #Justice
![As a Baha'i, I'm not supposed to stand by when someone - anyone - is being denied what's rightfully theirs. Being oppressed by the powerful. Being victimized by injustice. That's unjust, and the Baha'i Faith is all about justice. #StandUp #Justice #AbidingBlog2018Mean](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 05 - About Justice.jpg) |
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2024-01-22 About Peace
#Obedience #Peace
![As a Baha'i, I'm not supposed to be disobedient or rebellious against my rightful government. Nor wish ill upon it or anyone in it. Nor bad-mouth it. That's turmoil, and the Baha'i Faith is all about peace. #Obedience #Peace #AbidingBlog2018Mean](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 04 - About Peace.jpg) |
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2024-01-15 About Unity
#Politics #Unity
![As a Baha'i, I'm not supposed to get enmeshed in political partisanship. That's divisive, and the Baha'i Faith is all about unity. #Politics #Unity #AbidingBlog2018Mean](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 03 - About Unity.jpg) |
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2024-01-08 Could Let Him
#TheFlash #LeonardSnart
![A telling aspect of the relationship between Flash & Snart: Flash could see the good in Snart. And Snart could let him. Snart could see the bad in Flash. And Flash could let him. #TheFlash #LeonardSnart #AbidingBlog2017ColdCut](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 02 - Could Let Him.jpg) |
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2024-01-01 Most Awesome
#Meme #AwesomeGrandmother #grandMya
![grandMya & GRAMS: "Wait ... did you just say 'meme'?" "YEAH." "You know what a MEME is?" "YEAH...DOESN"T EVERYONE?" "No. They don't. Most of my friends know, but their parents don't. Even my mom doesn't...You just became the most awesome Grans EVER!" #Meme #AwesomeGrandmother #grandMya #AbidingBlog2017Memes](ESW Images/Blog AM - 24 01 - Most Awesome.jpg) |
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