These days, more and more people are identifying with the term “feminist” to show their support for women. While there is an increased popularity in being a feminist and proclaiming...
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On the night of Monday, December 2, 1912, Abdu’l-Baha gave a seminal talk, prompted by this query: “… some have asked the question as to what are the new things...
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I was always taught about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s efforts to convince white people to stop hating and oppressing Black people during a very segregated time in our nation’s...
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I 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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The German-Jewish thinker and philosopher Hannah Arendt, who immigrated to the USA after the Nazi seizure of power, wrote in her 1957 New Yorker essay titled “Truth and Politics:” No...
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I have a friend here in the nursing home who I’ll call G. I met her a few months ago and visited her whenever I would take my walks. G...
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I’m the president of the board of the homelessness agency in the county where I live, and we’re in the middle of a terrible opioid epidemic that is killing many,...
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You’ve probably heard that “There are many paths to the one true God.” Lots of people have said it, but it may have originally come from the ancient Hindu Rig...
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When you’re thinking about yourself, how do you measure your own value? What makes you unique or special or valuable to yourself or others, or even to society as a...
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“One of the most agonizing problems of human experience is how to deal with disappointment,” wrote Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1968 book, “Where Do We Go From...
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With the terrible wars now raging in the world — in Sudan, in Ukraine, in the Middle East, and many other regions — is it even possible to talk about...
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After a few days of sedentary life due to my blood pressure situation and my consequent lack of energy, I had a little more energy today — mostly because I...
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Baha’u’llah wrote that “The beginning of all things is the knowledge of God …” If this statement is true, I told my friend Jesse, no one time or place or...
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Most of us lack superstar athletic abilities. Few of us have the outward beauty models or movie stars do. Beyond those physical attributes, what do we rely on to get...
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“It’s fine, I’ll do it.” We’ve all heard those famous last words that lead to pretty much any and all physical, mental and emotional burnout. Have you ever used that...
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