“See beauty in those unexpected places. (she asked herself how people could let Bach be background noise.) See the opportunity in what looks like inconvenience. (she steered clear of the traffic jam and went to the bakery she's been meaning to stop at.) She embraces the undeclared possibility in what seems like just another ordinary day. (her friend is scheduled for cancer surgery and suddenly everything around her seems so very precious.)” PeopleLooksSeemsOpportunityClearPossibilityOrdinaryEmbraceCancerBackgroundsNoiseUnexpectedTrafficSurgerySurfingJamInconvenienceTraffic JamBakeriesOrdinary DaysUnexpected PlacesBackground Noise Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“The embrace of a new technology by ordinary people leads inevitably to its embrace by people of malign intent.” PeopleTechnologyOrdinaryEmbraceOrdinary PeopleNew Technology Author:Charles C. Mann
“In every kind of endeavor, there are ample opportunities for extra effort. Grab those opportunities, embrace that extra effort and transform ordinary mediocrity into bright and shining excellence.” KindOpportunityEffortOrdinaryEmbraceShiningExcellenceExtrasEndeavorMediocrityExtra Effort Author:Ralph Marston
“The symbol of Goddess gives us permission. She teaches us to embrace the holiness of every natural, ordinary, sensual dying moment. Patriarchy may try to negate body & flee earth with its constant heartbeat of death, but Goddess forces us back to embrace them, to take our human life in our arms & clasp it for the divine life it is - the nice, sanitary, harmonious moment as well as the painful, dark, splintered ones.” GivingTryingHumansWellsMayMomentsBodyEarthForceNaturalDarkTeachNiceDyingDivineArmsOrdinaryEmbraceConstantPainfulSymbolsSensualHuman LifeHolinessGoddessPermissionPatriarchyHeartbeatHarmoniousDivine LifeSanitary Author:Sue Monk Kidd
“In ordinary speech the words perception and sensation tend to be used interchangeably, but the psychologist distinguishes. Sensations are the items of consciousness--a color, a weight, a texture--that we tend to think of as simple and single. Perceptions are complex affairs that embrace sensation together with other, associated or revived contents of the mind, including emotions.” ThinkingMindTogetherUsedSimpleEmotionConsciousnessColorSpeechPerceptionOrdinaryWeightEmbraceComplexesIncludingAffairSensationsItemsTexturePsychologist Author:Jacques Barzun
“Christians must return to the great story that has its fulfillment in life after death, so we may live and die well in the light of our extraordinary hope that enables us to embrace the ordinary lives God gives us here and now.” GivingWellsMayStoriesLightChristianDiesReturnOrdinaryEmbraceExtraordinaryFulfillmentHere And NowAfter DeathOrdinary LifeLife After DeathFulfillment In Life Author:Michael Horton
“There is all the difference in the world between the nonviolence that the ordinary Christian should embrace and the duty of civic authorities to police their communities. The end of Romans 12 is quite clear about the first; the start of Romans 13 is quite clear about the second.” WorldShouldFirstsEndsChristianCommunityDifferencesClearDutyAuthorityOrdinaryPoliceEmbraceNonviolenceCivicsRomans 12 Author:N. T. Wright
“It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.” LifeMayHardWisdomWould BeTurnsChangeChangedGoes OnBirdOrdinarySightHarderEmbraceDecentChanging The WorldEggsTrue HappinessJollyBusiness ChangeLearn To FlyBird FlyingWhy ChangeHatchingChange Is Hard Book:Joyful Christian Source: Joyful Christian
“Marmee: Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You’re ready to go out and – and find a good use for your talent. Tho’ I don’t know what I shall do without my Jo. Go, and embrace your liberty. And see what wonderful things come of it.” KnowsUseLibertyWonderfulTalentReadyOrdinaryEmbraceExtraordinaryWonderful ThingsOrdinary LifeLittle Women Author:Louisa May Alcott
“The sage embraces things. Ordinary men discriminate amongst them and parade their discriminations before others. So I say; those who discriminate, fail to see.” MenSpiritualSpiritualityFailingOrdinaryEmbraceDiscriminationSageParadesOrdinary Man Author:Zhuangzi