Jasper vase-shaped, spacer and focal beads, seed beads, silver tassel, silver 9-pointed star

”We must be like the fountain or spring that is continually emptying itself of all that it has and is continually being refilled from an invisible source. To be continually giving out for the good of our fellows undeterred by fear of poverty and reliant on the unfailing bounty of the Source of all wealth and all good—this is the secret of right living.” —Shoghi Effendi, Turning Point

These vase-shaped beads caught my eye and I immediately thought of the above words of the beloved Guardian. As one prays with them, you could imagine yourself filling up with the Word of God, then emptying yourself as you serve others, a constant filling and emptying of one’s self in service to the Cause.