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Aphorisms & Memes
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Lucki Melander Wilder
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" #PleaseStealThese "  -- Lucki
Why don't you ever do some of your own from your blogs? -- Bri Landis

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!

Start with JANUARY 1     Go to 2024 list/links     Go to 2024 hashtags/links Switch to Abiding Blog     Switch to Adding Insult
2024-12-16 Real Change?   #AntiRacism  #RealChange
It needs more than a fix. It needs a real change. A real change of heart. A real change of nature. A real change of spirit. #AntiRacism #RealChange #AbidingBlog2020Unbroken
Entries for 2024
01-01 Most Awesome
01-08 Could Let Him
01-15 About Unity
01-22 About Peace
01-29 About Justice
02-05 About Balance
02-12 Used To Think
02-19 Now I See
02-26 Intercalary
92-26 Dirty Word?
03-01 Symbolic
03-04 No Trust?		 continued
03-11 No Plan?
03-18 Why Bother?
03-20 Rejoicing
03-25 What Results?
04-01 Right Side?
04-08 My Anchor
04-15 I'm A Member
04-20 Arriving
04-22 The Pacific
04-28 Signalizing
04-29 Right There
05-01 Declaring
 continued
05-06 Dream Life
05-13 Being A Guest
05-20 Love Words
05-23 Exalted
05-27 Steal Words
05-28 Incomparable
06-03 Save Words
06-10 Have Words
06-17 Good Hugs
06-24 Rey Was A Kid
07-01 You Do
07-08 To Spend Any		 continued
07-09 Made Heirs
07-15 To Go To
07-22 To Suss Out
07-29 To Decide If
08-05 To Join In
08-12 Make Time
08-19 Make Plain
08-26 Make A Day
09-02 Basic
09-09 Vital
09-16 Wrong
09-23 Represent		 continmued
09-30 Trust
10-07 Build
10-14 Look
10-21 Choose
10-28 Savor
11-02 Matchless
11-03 One Of These
11-04 Count
11-11 Ten Things
11-18 Five People
11-25 Center & Pivot
11-25 Three Steps		 continued
11-27 First & Most
12-02 Fix It?
12-09 Drawing Board?
12-16 Real Change?
12-23 Not Enough?
12-30 Coupled With
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2024-12-09 Drawing Board?
#AntiRacism  #HowCanWeFixIt
We need to go back to the drawing board. Create a new blueprint. Build a new structure on solid ground, not on the shifting rubble of the old. A new structure...that manifests the concept of "serve and protect" for ALL people. #AntiRacism #HowCanWeFixIt #AbidingBlog2020Unbroken
2024-12-02 Fix It?
#AntiRacism  #HowCanWeFixIt
The problem of racism in law enforcement? In the final analysis, long-term, we can't "fix" it as in repair it or make it better. We have to "fix" it as in stop it from reproducing. #AntiRacism #HowCanWeFixIt #AbidingBlog2020Unbroken		 For Ascension (passing) of 'Abdu'l-Baha &
the 12 Steps   2024-11-27 First & Most
#FirstChapter  #AbdulBaha
With 'Abdu'l-Baha's ascension...there draws to a close the first and most moving chapter of Baha'i history.... #FirstChapter #AbdulBaha #shoghieffendi
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2024-11-25 Three Steps
#SayThankYou  #Thanksgiving
3-step Thanksgiving exercise: 3. In person or by phone, tell those five people about being thankful to and for them, share your lists with them, and invite them to do the same 3-step exercise for themselves. #SayThankYou #Thanksgiving #AbidingBlog2018Earlybird		 x
For Day of the Covenent & Step 12
2024-11-25 Cemter & Pivot   #CenterOfCovenant   #AbdulBaha
['Abdu'l-Baha] is, and should for all time be regarded, first and foremost, as the Center and Pivot of Baha'u'llah's peerless and all-enfolding Covenant. #CenterOfCovenant #AbdulBaha #shoghieffendi		 x

2024-11-18 Five People
#PeopleImThankfulFor   #Thanksgiving
3-step Thanksgiving exercise: 2. Make a list of the top five people you have to be thankful for, and read your list aloud to God or the universe. #PeopleImThankfulFor #Thanksgiving #AbidingBlog2018Earlybird
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2024-11-11 Ten Things
#ThingsImThankfulFor   #Thanksgiving
3-step Thanksgiving exercise: 1. Make a list of the top ten things you have to be thankful for, and read your list aloud to God or the universe. #ThingsImThankfulFor #Thanksgiving #AbidingBlog2018Earlybird

2024-11-04 Count
#BeAPart   #ItsYourRight
...the strength of our democracy depends on the actions of its citizens. Even so simple an action as marking a checkbox or pulling a lever. Especially so simple, yet profound, an action. #BeAPart #ItsYourRight #AbidingBlog2018Represent		 x
For Birth of Baha'u'llah & Step 11
2024-11-03 One Of These
 #VoiceOfGod   #Bahaullah
Baha'u'llah should...be regarded as essentially one of these Manifesations of God, never to be identified with that Invisible Reality, the Essence of Divinity itself.... #VoiceOfGod #Bahaullah #shoghieffendi
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For Birth of the Bab & Step 10
2024-11-02 Matchless
#Glorious   #TheBab
[T]he youthful glory of the Bab, infinite in His tenderness, irresistible in His charm, unsurpassed in His heroism, matchless in the dramatic circumstances of His short yet eventful life. #Glorious #TheBab #shoghieffendi		 x

2024-10-28 Savor
#Be A Part   #ItsYourRight
Even if it doesn't seem to make a difference to anyone else, it'll make a difference to you. Even if the election results aren't all -- or even any -- of what you hoped, taking part will make a difference to you. A big difference. #BeAPart #ItsYourRight #AbidingBlog2018Represent		 x

2024-10-21 Choose
#ServiceTheyDid   #YourVoteCounts
...be sure that you're voting for someone who truly represents the kind of citizen and human being you are and/or want to be. Vote for the person who represents your BEST self. #ServiceTheyDid #YourVoteCounts #AbidingBlog2018Represent
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2024-10-14 Look  
#ServiceTheyDid   #YourVoteCounts
Instead, base that trust on looking at what they've actually done ... and, most importantly, what true and useful and unifying service they've already given. #ServiceTheyDid #YourVoteCounts #AbidingBlog2018Represent		 x
2024-10-07 Build
#ServiceTheyDid   #YourVoteCounts
Don't try to build that trust by listening to the promises [the candidates] make, which they may or may not keep. #ServiceTheyDid #YourVoteCounts #AbidingBlog2018Represent		 x
2024-09-30 Trust
#ServiceTheyDid   #YourVoteCounts
So yes, vote for someone you can trust will represent you and your best interests. #ServiceTheyDid #YourVoteCounts #AbidingBlog2018Represent
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2024-09-23 Represent
#PracticeDemocracy   #YourVoteIsVital
Voting is about representing...To represent is to speak or act for someone else. To represent is also to serve as a stand-up and stand-out example of yourself and others like you. #PracticeDemocracy #YourVoteIsVital #AbidingBlog2018Represent		 x
2024-09-16 Wrong
#PracticeDemocracy   #YourVoteIsVital
And anyone who tells you not to bother voting is as wrong, and nefarious, as anyone who tries to steal or suppress your vote. It's YOURS. Use it! (Or...you/we might lose it.) #PracticeDemocracy #YourVoteIsVital #AbidingBlog2018Represent		 x
2024-09-09 Vital
#PracticeDemocracy   #YourVoteIsVital
So, your vote is vital. It can make a difference. It's both your right and your duty. #PracticeDemocracy #YourVoteIsVital #AbidingBlog2018Represent
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2024-09-02 Basic  
#PracticeDemocracy   #YourVoteIsVital
...the vote is indeed the basic building block of our democracy. Of our country. Of our national culture. #PracticeDemocracy #YourVoteIsVital #AbidingBlog2018Represent		 x
2024-08-26 Make A Day
#HowAreYou   #MakeTheirDay
[Written during the pandemic] It doesn't cost anything but a moment of your time. And given the stress we're all under, it might just make your healthcare-giver's whole day. #HowAreYou #MakeTheirDay #AbidingBlog2020You		 x
2024-08-19 Make Plain
#HowAreYou   #MakeTheirDay
[Written during the pandemic] Make it plain that you really want to know. That in response to the care you've been given, you want to express how much you care, too. #HowAreYou #MakeTheirDay #AbidingBlog2020You
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2024-08-12 Make Time
#HowAreYou   #MakeTheirDay
[Written during the pandemic] After s/he has addressed your need, before you leave, ask your doctor, your dentist, your nurse, your physical therapist, your etc., how S/HE is doing. #HowAreYou #MakeTheirDay #AbidingBlog2020You		 x
2024-08-05 To Join In
#LoveSpoilers   #GiveMeSpoilers
I'm more likely to...go on the journey you went on if I know more about where you ended up ... So I can...enjoy the scenery (and my fellow passengers...and my memories of the mental 'photographs' you shared with me) along the way. #LoveSpoilers #GiveMeSpoilers #AbidingBlog2019Spoilage		 x
2024-07-29 To Decide If
#LoveSpoilers   #GiveMeSpoilers
My pennies are precious, my minutes even more so ... [T]o really interest me in a book or a film or a TV program or a stage play, tell me in detail the things that surprised you. Informed you. Gave you pause to think. Satisfied you at the end. #LoveSpoilers #GiveMeSpoilers #AbidingBlog2019Spoilage
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2024-07-22 To Suss Out
#LoveSpoilers   #GiveMeSpoilers
I enjoy spoilers: Or maybe it's 'cuz knowing ahead of time allows me more bandwidth to pay attention to the process. To suss out how a writer is writing. To enjoy how an actor is interpreting. To grok what decisions a director is making. #LoveSpoilers #GiveMeSpoilers #AbidingBlog2019Spoilage		 x

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		 x
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
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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		 x
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		 x
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
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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		 x
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		 x
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
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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		 x

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		 x
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
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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		 x
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		 x
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
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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		 x

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		 x
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
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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		 x
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		 x

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
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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		 x
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		 x
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
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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		 x

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		 x

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
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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		 x
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		 x

2024-02-26 Dirty Word?
#DirtyWord   #OwnAgenda 
When did the word "agenda", all by itself, become a dirty word? #DirtyWord #OwnAgenda #AbidingBlog2018Agenda
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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		 x

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		 x

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
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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		 x
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		 x
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
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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		 x
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		 x
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


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