Gregmy friend,myearliest
memoriesofyou in theearly1980’s
arefilledwithyouplayingyour
guitar&singing.
I do recall an episode of naughtiness (thatwe
won’t tell our kids) when a few of us youth
decided to have a short break together in far
awayMandurah. We were on our way down
the two lane highway in three cars. I decided
to pull along side Sarah’s car which blocked
Greg inbehind.Notoneforbeingbeaten,Greg
then decided to make a third lane by going
off the highway onto the crushed sandstone
emergency lane and passing our two cars on
the inside. The cloud of dust was enormous
and victory was Greg’s. After we all laughed
in disbelief about what had just happened, I
somehowmanaged to get past Greg andwas
then immediately surprised by a uniformed
policemanon the sideof the road,wavingme
down. As I pulled over the policemanwaved
Gregovertoo.Redfaced,Iwasgivenawarning,
however,Greg,was givenadangerousdriving
infringement notice and a loss of his last 3
driving points... He was shattered, because
he needed his driver’s license. After spending
somehourswithus inMandurah,Gregdrove
down toBunbury for the night and returned
early the next morning with a smile on his
face.Greghadsaidsomeprayersonhisway to
Bunbury in full knowledgewhen he received
the letter from the police, he would lose his
license. However, when he got there already
in the letterbox was a letter telling him that
he had re- gained 3 points that had lost a
few years earlier. This was one ofmy earliest
recollectionsof thepowerof prayer thatGreg
has drawn on the many years I have known
him. I suspect however that hemay still have
hadaheavyrightfootfortherestofhisdriving
years.Greg, youhaveour loveandadmiration,
always.
Simon,Renee,Ruey,Anisa
and IndiFarrant
DearGreg
IntheclosingparagraphoftheTablettoSiyyid
Mihdíy-i-Dahájí, Bahá’u’lláh concludes the
tabletwith this supplication, “WeentreatGod
tomake thy call amagnet whichwill attract
the embodiments of names in the world of
existence that all beings may spontaneously
hasten to heed”. We saw glimpses of that
(spontaneous hastening to His call) on the
faces of three friends of ours we invited to
“From Our Hearts to Yours” recent fireside
concert.
We are indebted to Bahá’u’lláh for His
countlessgifts; shiningamongst them thegift
ofHis loving servant,GregParker.
With loveandprayers,
RiadhandRoseAli
