In Search of the Spiritual Father Thomas Keating‚ the abbot of St. Joseph’s Abbey‚ couldn’t help noticing the attraction that the exotic religious practices of the East held for many young Roman Catholics (Adler 1). He was a Trappist monk‚ so meditation was second nature‚ but he kept thinking there must be a precedent within the church for making such simple but powerful spiritual techniques available to laypeople. His Trappist brother Father William Meninger found it one day in 1974‚ in a dusty
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After spending time in class talking over the list of spiritual gifts and learning more about each I feel like I can better decide what my gifts are. As we went over them I felt that my gifts are encouragement‚ wisdom‚ service. I feel like these gifts are the ones God has given to me. Encouragement is the gift of seeing the glass as “half full”. It is being able to find the positive spiritual and emotional outcome of a situation. The gift of Wisdom is the gift of being able to work through situations
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crossed barriers and are sung in many churches across America as spirituals. However‚ such songs as Wade in the Water‚ Swing Low‚ Sweet Chariot‚ and Follow the Drinking Gourd‚ were once used as an important tool of survival by the slaves of the antebellum era. The content of many Negro spirituals consisted of a religious theme. However‚ Negro spirituals were not intended to be religious. The primary purpose of Negro spirituals was to mislead an overseer or the plantation owner. Slaves were
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The story of Negro spirituals is closely linked to the history of African Americans‚ within three milestones: the abolition of slavery (1865)‚ the Black Renaissance (1925)‚ and the first Dr. Martin Luther King ’s Day (1985). Negro spirituals blend a combination of spoken word‚ hums‚ moans‚ groans‚ and old slave dialect and incorporated them with a simple repetitive tune to convey strong emotion. Before 1925 almost all the first Africans who arrived in the New World were slaves. They came from several
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Personal Values and Ethical Standards In order to start this paper‚ I had to make sure I knew the differences between values‚ moral and ethics. It’s believed that values are what we learn from childhood from parents and surrounding influences of adults involved in the child’s life. Morals are the beliefs developed from that value system and how one should behave in any given situation. Ethics on the other hand is how someone actually behaves in the situation that may test ones morals and values
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Ashwin Sathyanarayanan English 10 Professor Stanley Personal Essay That Once in a Lifetime Chance It is a great feeling going to a place where it’s a huge matter in one’s life. “Revisiting Sacred Ground” N. Scott Momaday had made a pilgrimage which his Kiowa ancestors. Momaday has said‚” There are certain villages‚ and towns mountains and plains that‚ having seen them‚ walked in them‚ lived in them‚ even for a day‚ we keep forever in the mind’s eye.” Just like how Momaday relived his ancestor’s
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Personal Statement Birki Yousuf 1. Nursing is such a diversified‚ stimulating‚ and valuable professional career that I strongly feel that it is the field for me. There are numerous educational pathways to become a registered nurse‚ which is why it is essential that one choose the right one. I decided to enter the nursing profession as a baccalaureate prepared nurse for many reasons‚ but the most important reason was because of the education I would be receiving. A baccalaureate nursing program would
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When I began my undergraduate nursing career‚ I had the opportunity to be exposed to the full range of nursing courses‚ all of which reinforced and solidified my intense interest in nursing. In the realm of nursing‚ I have developed a special interest in the field of nurse anesthesia. As an RN‚ I know I only scratching the surface of physiologically comprehending my patients more wholly. And this is the motivation behind pursuing CRNA school. A very unfathomable desire exists to learn more about
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I would like to study mental health nursing at university because I enjoy helping and motivating others. I have some experience in a helping role and found it was deeply satisfying. This has led me to want to pursue a career in the nursing field. Within my A level studies I have acquired many useful skills that will help me with my study at university‚ for example in my English language lessons I’ve learned the importance of doing independent research on ideas that will help me with my coursework
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in addressing patients’ clinical needs through direct interactions with them: I build rapport with patients‚ enabling them to trust the nurses and discuss personal issues. The nurse plays a crucial role in determining whether a patient is able to follow through with a prescribed treatment through careful consideration of an individual’s personal circumstances and the feasibility of treatment. Volunteering at Asian Healthcare provides me fuller appreciation for the compassionate‚ professional communication
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