“When we think of globalization we are thinking in part of structures and institutions that have been developed over time and that have allowed us to become more interdependent and interrelated. But the development, the extraordinary development, of those structures and institutions has not fundamentally transformed our humanity. We are still those animals with fears and anxieties and insecurities in the face of death and dread and disappointment and disease.” ThinkingHas BeensStillsFacesHumanityAnimalDevelopmentDiseaseAnxietyInstitutionsStructureExtraordinaryDisappointmentInsecurityTransformedDreadGlobalization Author:Cornel West
“The cross stands as the final symbol that no evil exists that God cannot turn into a blessing. He is the living Alchemist who can take the dregs from the slag-heaps of life - disappointment, frustration, sorrow, disease, death, economic loss, heartache - and transform the dregs into gold.” TurnsEvilLossEconomicSorrowBlessingDiseaseCrossesGoldFinalsDisappointmentSymbolsHeartacheFrustrationAlchemistDregsSlagLife Disappointment Author:Catherine Marshall
“Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.” KindAgeStrengthDiseaseAgingIllnessDisappointmentTrialsOld AgeAll KindsTriumphOld PeopleEldersVicissitudes Author:Maggie Kuhn
“It may look like the difficulty is going to defeat you. But you need to keep telling yourself, "This sickness can't take my life." "This cancer can't defeat me." "No bad break, no disappointment, no accident can shorten one second of my divine destiny."” LifeInspirationalNeedsLooksMayDifficultBreakDestinyDivineDiseaseSickDifficultyDefeatCancerIllnessDisappointmentAccidentsSicknessFighting SpiritCancer SurvivorPower Of IntentionPowerful InspirationalDivine Destiny Author:Joel Osteen