“I've always been interested in definitions, because in the Bible, the Ten Commandments are there but there's no real clear definition of what sin is, in a fundamental sense - how we can use the words to evaluate our lives as we go along: Am I doing something that is ethically good? Am I being worthwhile in my life at this moment?” RealMomentsUseSinClearOur LivesTenFundamentalsDefinitionsWorthwhileCommandmentsEvaluateTen Commandments Author:Whitley Strieber
“Anxiety is the dizziness we experience when we recognize we hold the freedom and responsibility for our life choices. More than anyone, alcoholics have a very clear sense of this dizziness, especially when we were coming to realize our own powerlessness over alcohol and that we could act differently.” ChoicesRealizingResponsibilityClearOur LivesAnxietyAlcoholAlcoholicsLife ChoicesPowerlessnessFreedom And Responsibility Author:Peg O'Connor
“We will come to understand the part a difficult circumstance has played in our lives. Hindsight makes so much clear. The broken marriage, the lost job, the loneliness have all contributed to who we are becoming. The joy of the wisdom we are acquiring is that hindsight comes more quickly. We can, on occasion, begin to accept a difficult situation's contribution to our wholeness while caught in the turmoil.” JobsJoyLostDifficultSituationAcceptingClearOur LivesLonelinessBrokenBecomingCircumstancesCaughtOccasionsContributionWho We AreWholenessTurmoilHindsightDifficult SituationsDifficult CircumstancesBroken Marriage Author:Karan Casey
“I maintain that I have been a Negro three times--a Negro baby, a Negro girl and a Negro woman. Still, if you have received no clear cut impression of what the Negro in America is like, then you are in the same place with me. There is no The Negro here. Our lives are so diversified, internal attitudes so varied, appearances and capabilities so different, that there is no possible classification so catholic that it will cover us all, except My people! My people!” PeopleIfsHas BeensStillsDifferentAmericaGirlThreeAttitudeClearOur LivesCuttingBabyCatholicAppearanceImpressionAfrican AmericanInternalsCapabilityThree TimesClassification Author:Zora Neale Hurston
“I do think the most important thing we need in leadership in our country, not just in the presidency but in the United States Senate, are people that have a clear vision of what the role of government should be in our lives and what the role of America should be in the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsShouldImportantCountryStatesGovernmentAmericaUnitedVisionRolesUnited StatesClearOur LivesImportant ThingsOur CountrySenatePresidencyClear VisionRole Of Government Author:Marco Rubio
“A great purposelessness has descended upon modern civilizations. People at large have lost any sense of the meaning and purpose of life; and without an understanding of our own purpose, there can be no true commitment. Whether that commitment is to marriage, family, study, work, God, relationships, or the simple resolutions of our lives, it will be almost impossible to fulfill without a clear and practical understanding of our purpose. Commitment and purpose go hand in hand.” PeopleHandsPurposeLostUnderstandingSimpleStudyClearOur LivesImpossibleModernCivilizationCommitmentCatholicPracticalsResolutionPurpose Of LifeHand In HandModern CivilizationPurposelessness Book:The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday With Passion and Purpose Source: The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday With Passion and Purpose
“In order not to be misunderstood, I want it perfectly clear that I believe it is incumbent on us to conduct our lives in a way that takes into account all the consequences of our actions, including the consequences to other people, and the consequences to the environment.” PeopleWayWantBelieveActionOrderI BelieveClearEnvironmentOur LivesConsequenceAccountsIncludingMisunderstoodOur ActionsIncumbentsConsequences Of Our Actions Author:Michael Crichton
“Regular maps have few surprises: their contour lines reveal where the Andes are, and are reasonably clear. More precious, though, are the unpublished maps we make ourselves, of our city, our place, our daily world, our life; those maps of our private world we use every day; here I was happy, in that place I left my coat behind after a party, that is where I met my love; I cried there once, I was heartsore; but felt better round the corner..., things of that sort, our personal memories, that make the private tapestry of our lives.” WorldUseLeftFeltLinesMemoriesPartyCitiesBehindsClearOur LivesMetsSurpriseRoundsCornersMapsCriedCoatsTapestry Book:Love Over Scotland Source: Love Over Scotland
“We are living at a time when the Prostestant church is rediscovering the truth that transformation in Christ occurs through the disciplines of formation. Finally, Adele Calhoun has pulled all of these together into one volume, complete with clear definitions and practices of a variety of ways that God uses to grow our lives. No longer do you have to root through scattered pieces of paper, nor a chapter here and there to get the big picture of the tried and true disciplines. This is one resource you will want to have at your fingertips.” WayWantUseBigsTogetherGrowsChristChurchPracticeClearPiecesOur LivesDisciplinePaperResourcesRootsTransformationDefinitionsVarietyChaptersVolumeHere And ThereFormationBig PictureFingertips Author:Greg Oden