I find that faith and spiritual life take on many forms.  There are outward acts of prayer and service.  There are crafts like music that speak in their own inner language.  And there are day-to-day quirks of living that simply bring pleasure to the soul.  Here are glimpses of three things that make me happy.  More still on the faith page at deepgraysea.com.

I have come to think of my Bahá'í friends as my village.  We meet together, befriend each other, celebrate happy events, help with the children.  There is much of beauty in our faith; the exquisite scriptures, the unity among peoples of such different races and backgrounds around the world, the gentle guiding influence upon our lives.  I will try to share a bit about how I became a Bahá'í and what it is like to live by Bahá'í principles.  More...

All my life I have played music, sometimes professionally, often simply for love.  Instruments come in and out of favor, but always I return to the piano.  The piano is my great joy in life, sometimes my great frustration, always a challenge.  Someday I'll be good at it.  More...

A while back I discovered that if I wore an aloha shirt, I had a good head start on being happy that day.  Middle of winter?  Snow on the ground?  All the more reason.  In celebration of the spiritual benefits of wearing Hawaiian shirts.  More...