eals and
warnings issued in the 19th century, has now sent the world along a path,
or released forces, which must culminate in a still more violent upheaval
and agony. The thing is out of hand, so to speak, and it is too late to
avert catastrophic trials.

You should never be too depressed about your dissatisfaction concerning
not finding a job you like, a place in the world that fits you. If you
analyse it this general sense of mis-fit is one of the curses of your
generation, one of the products of the world's disequilibrium and chaos.
It is not confined to your life, it is pretty general.

Letter of 20 March 1949

20 March 1949

He (the Guardian) fully realises that some decisions are very hard to take
in life, and he urges you in this case to do two things: in the first
place, are you quite sure two years voice-training will really carry you
where you hope it will? In other words, he presumes that your teacher's
opinion has been backed up by the opinion of other professionals? It would
be a great pity to, in any way, sacrifice your service to the Cause for a
career which in the end might not prove a substantial one. And in the
second place he advises you to remain in ... and continue your studies
(once you are quite assured about the outcome), providing the Plan does
not reach such a critical point that it is imperative for you to go as a
pioneer in order to really help save the situation. If this need arises in
such urgency, he certainly feels you should temporarily give up your
singing lessons, for, of course, no sacrifice is too great for the Cause.
What we put into serving it we know serves a useful and worthy purpose,
whereas the outcome of our struggles in life is never assured completely,
and is certainly insignificant compared to the Faith's importance.

Letter of 22 July 1949

22 July 1949

The work on the Shrine--now beginning to rise visibly at the corners--and
the spread of the Faith which brings many communications from new places,
and many problems too, keeps us all busy as never before, especially the
Guardian. But to see the course going ahead so fast fills our hearts with
gratitude and the work involved seems a small contribution to make to such
a Holy Cause.

As regards to the question you asked me to put to the Guardian about the
Aqdas and the House of Justice elections: as most of the laws of the Aqdas
cannot at present be enforced anywhere he has not deemed it necessary o