Across the world are to be gathered, in scores of youth conferences
sharing the same aim, tens of thousands who have much in common. Although your
realities are shaped by a broad diversity of circumstances, yet a desire to
bring about constructive change and a capacity for meaningful service, both
characteristic of your stage of life, are neither limited to any race or
nationality, nor dependent upon material means. This bright period of youth
you share is experienced by all--but it is brief, and buffeted by numerous
social forces. How important it is, then, to strive to be among those who, in
the words of 'Abdu'l-Baha, "plucked the fruit of life"....To follow a path of service, whatever form one's activity assumes, requires faith and tenacity. In this connection, the benefit of walking that path in the company of others is immense. Loving fellowship, mutual encouragement, and willingness to learn together are natural properties of any group of youth sincerely striving for the same ends, and should also characterize those essential relationships that bind together the components of society. Given this, we hope the bonds you develop through association with other conference participants will prove abiding. Indeed, long after the gatherings close, may these ties of friendship and common calling help keep your feet firm....
[signed: The Universal House of Justice]
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