would say encompass at least one of these virtues would be my aunt Robin. I believe that she is one of the strongest women I know and I feel that she has the ability to help people without even trying. I believe that my aunt Robin possess the transcendence virtue in life. I will start by explaining with the appreciation of beauty and excellence. She is able to notice the small things that others might find unattractive and make an individual see it in a different light. She has also taught me how
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To be born a unique being‚ one with the freedom of will‚ one with the ability to form independent beliefs and mindsets- to be human. The most honored of all creation‚ yet the most rebellious. As human life is deprecated in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World‚ the human life is equated to nothing more than the dirt from which it came. Huxley parallels himself‚ an aristocratic pedigree‚ to the upper class inhabitants of the brave new world that sought the meaning of human life above the accepted pretense
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energy and efficacy in all goodness. The limit of human expectation ceases to be the grave. To conceive God as originating value and the world as terminal value implies that God too is self-transcending and that the world is the fruit of his self-transcendence‚ the expression and manifestation of his benevolence and beneficence‚ his glory. As the excellence of the son is the glory of his father‚ so too the excellence of mankind is the glory of God. To say that God created the world for his glory is to
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The famous psychiatrist‚ Viktor Frankl once said‚ “When we are no longer able to change a situation-we are challenged to change ourselves.(Brainy Quotes) Being a psychiatrist‚ Viktor Frankl knew a lot about human beings changing themselves. In the book Ender’s Game‚ Ender meets a man named Graff. Graff’s main objective is to train Ender to save the world from the buggers. Graff changes from a cold hearted man to an empathetic and caring person who feels guilt and remorse or Ender at the end of the
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foreboding for the postmodernist concerning science and technology. However‚ they are able to forge past their distrust‚ accept it as a logical progression‚ and begin to embrace some elements of advancement. Postmodernists have also lost faith in transcendence and spirituality‚ but to counter this loss they search and find hope in mystical forces or worldly treasures. Objective reality doesn’t exist for them either‚ but this is offset by acceptance. Postmodern thinkers are resigned to the fact that
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life also provides us with an opportunity to learn and grow in knowledge. It is constantly offering you with the opportunity to transcend to superior heights and raise your level of consciousness. Unfortunately we are all blind to any kind of transcendence. We wish to continue and enjoy in a state that we are currently in. We prefer to remain in the same class year over year and ultimately prefer to be a drop out. A politician wants to play the worldly game of power‚ pride‚ ego and he remains clinged
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three forms –relief‚ ease‚ and transcendence (Kolcaba‚ 2003‚ p. 9). When a person’s specific needs are met or a specific discomfort is alleviated‚ for example receiving pain medication post-operatively‚ the individual is able to experience comfort through relief. A patient experiences comfort in the ease sense when they are in a state of calm or contentment. For example‚ when a patient’s anxiety is eliminated or reduced
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subjects are exposed to an effective intervention‚ they demonstrate differences in comfort that increase in a linear way compared to a control group; and (d) the whole (total comfort) is greater than the sum of its parts (relief plus ease plus transcendence). A secondary purpose of this study was to present preliminary concurrent validity between two types of comfort instruments‚ a traditional questionnaire with a Likert-type format and visual analog scales. Findings were positive for all theoretical
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dominance to collapse. Transition of status for whiteness whites results in prejudice to intensify and diminish under different racial angles. However‚ the elimination of white dominance whiteness doesn’t mean the end of the white America. Racial transcendence is needed to decrease prejudice and make a better America. Optimistic attitudes of whites are needed to accept reformation of social norms‚ and the achievement for multiculturalism can make American lives colorful and splendid(be more specific)
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The next book‚ Chasing Francis* speaks about a pastor that loses his faith. I related quite a bit to this story. Although it is a fictional piece of literature‚ Chasing Francis conveys quite accurately feeling insecure about something that you are supposed to strongly stand for. Chase‚ the protagonist reveals to his congregation that he no longer believes in God. This causes a ray of panic thus Chase is asked to leave the Church for a while so things can quite down. To get away from things Chase
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