Night descended on Yosemite National Park, the beginning of a twilight adventure for our family. We groped in the backpack for a flashlight, quickly shined it on the paved path,...
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For many years, I’ve tried to emphasize the need for humanity and morality in our economic systems – because I believe that lack of morality is the root cause of...
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Have you ever heard the phrase “curse like a sailor?” I’m no sailor, but I did get drafted into the Army at 19, and when I came home from combat,...
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You’ve likely heard of PTSD – post traumatic stress disorder – but have you heard yet about PCSD? That acronym stands for post-Covid stress disorder, a newly-emerging effect of the...
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“Comparison is the thief of joy,” Teddy Rosevelt once said. Mark Twain stepped it up a notch when he declared, “Comparison is the death of joy.” The same general phrase...
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Being a Baha’i and becoming part of the local and worldwide Baha’i community offers a very distinctive way of life – a joyous, warm, loving environment that unifies people from...
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If you’re like me, you’ve spent some time in recent months and years feeling ineffective – because of the seemingly intractable problems we humans face as a result of endemic...
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It will never be easy to be a Baha’i. I’ve tried, and believe me, being a Baha’i is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. The personal standards are demanding. The Baha’i social principles,...
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Imagine you and your spouse or significant other attempting to solve a conflict in your relationship in 15 minutes, while a doctor watches you – and then predicts whether your...
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We tend to focus on youth and adults when we think about improving the world, but we shouldn’t forget—there are no better agents of change than children. Adults can sometimes...
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Our families are the building blocks of society, and where we can start to build uncompromising unity — it’s where we have the opportunity to model and live out our...
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I recently came across this old 1974 photo of me, aged 22, holding my new baby son Will. Sometime late that month, 50 years ago, I made the most momentous...
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During my half-century as a university professor and publishing scholar, I devoted a good deal of time to an obvious but puzzling question: If we presume an omnipotent Creator exists,...
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I held Darwin’s food bowl out to him. It was breakfast time at PrimRose Donkey Sanctuary, usually Darwin’s favorite time of day. He hung his head and turned away. Darwin...
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Overcoming trauma and improving society requires healing, but toxic masculinity has historically deprived men of access to it. I recently became a member of a black-owned wellness studio that offers...
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I imagine, like most people at this moment in history, that we all struggle with how to engage in discourse about the world’s recent events. Do you? Everyone knows that...
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The miracle of childbirth transforms people. Parents and grandparents feel mesmerized watching each infant emerge and evolve into an intelligent, creative being with unique personality traits and proclivities. We wonder:...
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Each of us has different experiences in life, different thoughts and understandings. Even when we look at the same objects, we don’t necessarily see them in the same way. Our...
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I have a friend who hands out little pictures of frogs to the people she knows, to remind them to be fully reliant on God – also known as “FROG.” ...
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According to the Sleep Foundation, most people dream for around two hours every night. Dreaming is a universal experience, regardless of whether or not you remember them upon waking. RELATED:...
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