YOUTH CONFERENCE!!! WAAHH! :D

So, been a little late with this entry (sorry guys)! Been distracted by silly uni stuff... which is actually a little ironic considering what we were just talking about the weekend before last!

For those not in the know, there was recently a pretty big conference.. the 'London Youth Conference'... in Warwick! :) Imagine 1000 young people aged 15 - 30 from all over the UK/world coming together to make plans to CHANGE THE WORLD!

It was pretty epic. ;)

There was something wonderful about the spirit of the thing. I love how much fun and enthusiasm was floating about in the air, it was infectious! minus the pus!

So anyway, its hard to sum up what the conference was about in a nutshell, but some things really stuck out for me... for example, the importance of mutual support! and integrated thinking!

Let me take a very recent example from my life and whip it into a integrated thinky context for a second! So something which has been keeping me really busy for the last week or so is my university work, which, although I am on a year of service, still continues to haunt me *sigh*.

In some ways this is a good thing, because it gives me the opportunity to teach in a school here in Orkney, and get to know people from the community! A downside is that it's been keeping me busier then I would like... and all I really want to do is just head out and start serving the faith! :D

But this is where the shift in attitude comes in. At the conference we discussed fragmented ways of looking at life and how this can create barriers in our lives. For example, work, family, education, etc. may all stand in the way of service...
 BUT! But! My fellow adventurers...

Should I be able to look at the work and study I do as a step towards my service to mankind... things start to change.

You know? It's like... we view all these various elements of life as separate things, when they don't have to be! In fact they can all work together, in unity, to come together as a well rounded way of living. :)

That's what I got anyway. :p

So in conclusion, amazing conference... and already feeling very relevant to life and service. :)


Here is a quote that has always come to mind for me when I think of service. It's from Baha'u'llah:

"Blessed is he who in the prime of his youth and the heyday of his life will arise to serve the Cause of the Lord of the beginning and of the end, and adorn his heart with His love. The manifestation of such a grace is greater than the creation of the heavens and of the earth. Blessed are the steadfast and well is it with those who are firm."