Life - BahaiTeachings.org https://bahaiteachings.org/life/ Personal perspectives inspired by Baha'i teachings Sat, 25 Oct 2025 11:30:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 What’s Respectful this Halloween? https://bahaiteachings.org/whats-respectful-halloween/ https://bahaiteachings.org/whats-respectful-halloween/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 http://bahaiteachings.org/?p=44850 Typically this time of year children, youth and families conjure up the most creative, elaborate and oftentimes scary costumes for Halloween. Walking around our neighborhood on all hallows eve has...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/whats-respectful-halloween/feed/ 3 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 Crushes, Rejection, and Reframing the Friend-Zone https://bahaiteachings.org/crushes-rejection-reframing-friend-zone/ https://bahaiteachings.org/crushes-rejection-reframing-friend-zone/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=49993 Everywhere young people hang out, dudes and dudettes in their early twenties hunt for a mate. This perfectly normal dance has probably happened forever, in one way or another.  The...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/vent-talking-about-someone-behind-their-back/feed/ 4 How to Sustain Your Sense of Wonder and Awe https://bahaiteachings.org/how-sustain-sense-wonder-awe/ https://bahaiteachings.org/how-sustain-sense-wonder-awe/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=82237 Since Baha’u’llah’s advent in the middle of the 19th century, humanity has witnessed a time of miraculous growth and global regeneration unprecedented in the annals of world history.  The technological,...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/modernity-decline-empathy-compassion/feed/ 1 Knowledge, Resolve, Action: Living a Two-List Life https://bahaiteachings.org/knowledge-resolve-action-living-a-two-list-life/ https://bahaiteachings.org/knowledge-resolve-action-living-a-two-list-life/#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88136 Knowledge, Resolve, Action: Living a Two-List LifeA colleague sent me an email today lamenting, “I have two lists — one immediate (which grows ever longer) and the regular list which stays the same.” I enjoyed his wit, and...

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]]> https://bahaiteachings.org/knowledge-resolve-action-living-a-two-list-life/feed/ 2 Living Between Laughter and Letting Go https://bahaiteachings.org/living-between-laughter-and-letting-go/ https://bahaiteachings.org/living-between-laughter-and-letting-go/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://bahaiteachings.org/?p=88211 Living Between Laughter and Letting GoToday I had somewhat severe pain in my chest, side, and back, and it made breathing difficult. I took a pain reliever and hoped the pain would subside. As I...

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