Work - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/tag/work/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:09:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 We Need to Replace Money as a Measure of Success https://bahaiteachings.org/need-replace-money-measure-success/ https://bahaiteachings.org/need-replace-money-measure-success/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=48580 Humanity needs a new yardstick to measure achievement—today we quantify it with money and material gain, the worst possible way to evaluate actual success in life. Money serves as such...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/need-replace-money-measure-success/feed/ 12 Our Real Work, Even Without a Job https://bahaiteachings.org/our-real-work-even-without-a-job/ https://bahaiteachings.org/our-real-work-even-without-a-job/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88134 Our Real Work, Even Without a JobCurrently between jobs, I’m fortunate that, for a while anyway, I’m not worried about being without an income. This is a welcome and rare opportunity to reconsider how I spend my time...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/can-work-be-worship/feed/ 1 Every Day Dawns on a Fresh Spiritual Start https://bahaiteachings.org/every-day-dawns-on-a-fresh-spiritual-start/ https://bahaiteachings.org/every-day-dawns-on-a-fresh-spiritual-start/#respond Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85243 Every Day Dawns on a Fresh Spiritual StartGymnastics, both beautiful and thrilling to watch, is an event for the young — and sometimes the very young.  This evening on TV, I saw a competition among gymnasts who...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/every-day-dawns-on-a-fresh-spiritual-start/feed/ 0 The Dangers of Backbiting — For Others, and For You and Me https://bahaiteachings.org/the-dangers-of-backbiting-for-others-and-for-you-and-me/ https://bahaiteachings.org/the-dangers-of-backbiting-for-others-and-for-you-and-me/#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=85166 People backbitingI despise gossip. So often, it is thoughtless and mean-spirited, rank with unfounded information about others who cannot speak for themselves, who can neither confirm nor deny what is being...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/workism-has-your-job-become-your-identity/feed/ 2 How Work and Activity Brings Us Closer to God https://bahaiteachings.org/how-work-and-activity-brings-us-closer-to-god/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-work-and-activity-brings-us-closer-to-god/#respond Sun, 19 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=84180 How Work and Activity Brings Us Closer to GodWho doesn’t dream about laying on a beach to get away from the job? Or retiring early to escape the demands of daily work? Or winning the lottery to free...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/how-work-and-activity-brings-us-closer-to-god/feed/ 0 Performative vs. Active Allyship: Your Motivation Matters https://bahaiteachings.org/performative-active-allyship-motivation-matters/ https://bahaiteachings.org/performative-active-allyship-motivation-matters/#comments Fri, 17 May 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=84235 Over the years, I’ve seen expressions of solidarity grow and wane for marginalized groups. As media coverage of injustices increased and popularity heightened, more social media posts from more privileged...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/why-you-should-always-do-your-best-fourth-agreement/feed/ 0 Don’t Take Anything Personally: 5 Tips for the Second Agreement https://bahaiteachings.org/dont-take-anything-personally-tips-second-agreement/ https://bahaiteachings.org/dont-take-anything-personally-tips-second-agreement/#respond Fri, 17 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82134 Are you tired of getting irritated by others’ snide and resentful remarks? Are you sick of becoming saddened by the insensitive actions of those who repeatedly show no remorse? I...

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