But a tiny seed

I am, O my God, but a tiny seed which Thou hast sown in the soil of Thy love, and caused to spring forth by the hand of Thy bounty. This seed craveth, therefore, in its inmost being, for the waters of Thy mercy and the living fountain of Thy grace...  Baha'u'llah

Think of the seed. The seed exists in reality, yet it does not reveal its true potentialities until it disappears. The more we forget ourselves, the more we see ourselves as instruments, the more will we manifest God's grace.  Firaydoun Javaheri