Jul 29th, 2007
Travelling Back in Time: Time is a One Time Thing
. . . for in the world of God there is no time `Abdu’l-Baha, Bahá’í writings
The reunion of the UK Bahá’í youth of the 60s and 70s is in full swing in London. About 85 `youth’ have travelled from as far away as Australia, the US and Canada, to meet up with `old’ friends. It is great looking at the old photographs of everyone from 40 years ago looking thinner and hairier and much less grey and very familiar. Seeing them now, they look, somehow, exactly the same but less gangly. One younger person said, `What I like about you older people is that you still have the same eyes — still have the same look of anticipation.’
Today we sang all the old songs - `God is One’, `Building Bridges’, and, of course, `Time is a One Time Thing’. How we loved `Time is a One Time Thing’! We thought it so profound but, really, what does it mean?
We’ve travelled a long way in 40 years. Today we looked back but, basically, we are still looking forward. We had a dream in the 60s and 70s of a better world that we would build. OK, we are still not there yet but we are still building it, still travelling towards it: we are still Bahá’ís.
PS
And, for those of you who wondered what happened to the skydiving Lois, she jumped today - and landed safely. There is still time to sponsor her for UNIFEM!
More PS
I am away for a few days in Glasgow for the Soroptimist International Conference so I probably won’t be blogging for a few days. Here are a couple of pictures of the grandchildren, Dreyfus and Aaliyeh, to tide you over!
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Great pics, cute kids!
Ah well, 40 years on we keep going!
The US Baha’i web site has an article on people who became Baha’is during the 60’s at http://www.bahai.us/baby-boomers. On the bottom of the page, there are links to three parts from “It’s Just the Beginning,” a film that was made during the 1970 Baha’i Youth Conference.
With about 3:25 left in part 2, there’s a young woman, whom I believe is Dorothy Marcic, singing “Time is a One Time Thing.”
I called my mom to do a quick check, and that’s not Dorothy. But, you’ll enjoy the song nonetheless.
Dear Rick
No, not Dorothy, who is very good friend of mine!
Just after the son a young man is talking about political change and there is a young girl sitting next to him saying `that’s right’and nodding her head - my sister Bambi.
Wendi