Human Resources

There is an analogy I have heard, though I can't find it to hand, which 'Abdu'l-Baha relates about the training of horses; that through causing horses to run, day by day they progress from slow and flabby to strong and swift. Though they may not enjoy the arduous training, the result is a stable of well-trained steeds, suited for whatever task they are called on to perform. Thus, the Master informs us, the Baha'is should be willing to arduously train, to strain every nerve to become swift and strong in teaching the Cause. Thus, in my words, while we are out and about teaching the Cause, we are training up human racehorses.