Jul 13th, 2007
The Goal of the Journey
A friend asked: `How should one look forward to death?’
`Abdu’l-Bahá answered: `How does one look forward to the goal of any journey? With hope and with expectation. It is even so with the end of this earthly journey. In the next world, man will find himself freed from many of the disabilities under which he now suffers . . . Those who have ascended have different attributes from those who are still on earth, yet there is no real separation. `Abdu’l-Bahá, Bahá’í writings
On 26 June my husband’s uncle, Mahmoud Afsharian, suddenly passed away. A most remarkable man he was! He was generous and funny. He made us laugh! You were always happy and uplifted in his presence. He loved life and loved being with people. He particularly liked dancing!
When I came to England in 1969 it was to his house that I came. I didn’t know him - I knew his nephew - but he and his wife Victur welcomed me in. When in September 1971 Moojan and I returned from our `honeymoon’ - teaching the Bahá’í Faith in Europe - to discover that the house we had bought was not yet built, it was Afshar, as we called him, who invited us for dinner to see what we could do. We stayed five months.
He travelled through this life with a big heart and a wide smile and enjoyed every minute of it. I am sure, now that he has reached the end of one journey and started his new one, he is still laughing and dancing!
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This brings a tear to my eye.