He is delighted to hear you are now fully recovered and
again active in your important work for the Cause. However, you should not
neglect your health, but consider it the means which enables you to serve. It
-- the body -- is like a horse which carries the personality and spirit, and as
such should be well cared for so it can do its work! You should certainly
safeguard your nerves, and force yourself to take time, and not only for prayer
and meditation, but for real rest and relaxation. We don't have to pray and
meditate for hours in order to be spiritual.
- Shoghi Effendi (From a letter dated 23 November
1947 written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer; The
Compilation of Compilations, Vol. II, The Importance of Prayer, Meditation and
the Devotional Attitude)
