What We Have Left – Laura Harley

“What We Have Left” is a melody composed by singer-songwriter Laura Harley based on a passage from the Writings of Baha’u’llah and an excerpt from a letter written by Shoghi Effendi.

“Be thou content with Me and seek no other helper. For none but Me can ever suffice thee.” – Baha’u’llah

“The troubles of this world pass, and what we have left is what we have made of our souls, so it is to this we must look to becoming more spiritual, drawing nearer to God, no matter what our human minds and bodies go through.” – Shoghi Effendi

Laura writes that this song reminds us “that we are spiritual beings having a brief material existence, and that God is our ultimate solace.”

Find all of Laura Harley’s Baha’i-inspired music online.

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Sonjel Vreeland

In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.