This was the true solution of the problem presented to the Church
by the disappointment of its naïve expectation that the Lord would immediately appear; not the restless and impatient straining after signs of His coming which turned faith into fantasy and enthusiasm into fanaticism; but a fuller realization of all the depths and heights of the supernatural life here and now.
Mourinho, however, is reportedly confident that the 23 - year - old can rediscover his form next season and could be spurred on
by the disappointment of missing out on this summer's Copa America tournament through injury.
The Mayoral selection in London — a choice that was distinct and untainted
by the disappointments of national politics — saw soft left Sadiq Khan convincingly triumph over centrist Tessa Jowell with hard left Diane Abbot trailing far behind.
«I do so with respect for our difference, with admiration for the passion and principle of an opposing view strongly held, and with the recognition that the joy of the majority be tempered
by the disappointment of the minority.
Opportunities caused
by disappointments of short - term market expectations are good targets.
Not exact matches
According to the Financial Times, «JPMorgan executives are particularly concerned at the
disappointment felt
by Bear's rank and file, many
of whom are shareholders, at the low takeover price.»
In a review co-authored in 2011
by Yale psychologist June Gruber, researchers found that the pursuit
of happiness can actually lead to negative outcomes — not because surrounding yourself with positive people, mastering a skill, smiling, getting therapy or practicing self - governance aren't conducive to happiness, in and
of themselves, but because «when you're doing it with the motivation or expectation that these things ought to make you happy, that can lead to
disappointment and decreased happiness.»
To put things in context, Bell followed that quote up
by expressing his
disappointment when communities
of faith discourage people from asking questions about religious texts or beliefs.
Now, Brian lives
by this credo: Feast upon uncertainty, fatten upon
disappointment, invigorate in the presence
of difficulties and enthuse over apparent defeat.
Once you have been through that process a few times —
of dealing with
disappointment, examining what went wrong and then relaunching your project
by building on what you've learned — it's more likely that your company will take off.
Yesterday, Goldman's chief US equity strategist David Kostin warned in a note cited
by Bloomberg about the consequences
of such a
disappointment: «Financial market reconciliation lies ahead,» he wrote.
You won't know what the client wants and expects until you ask — and
by defining «succes» in advance, you'll eliminate feelings
of disappointment later.
«We're at a very important point with the company and its perception,» said one shareholder into the microphone, noting the
disappointment felt
by investors after the excitement
of the BlackBerry 10 launch quickly dissipated when financial results were posted.
Starting in 1999 with the debut
of The Phantom Menace, the new Star Wars prequels were a critical
disappointment and have often been heartily mocked
by superfans
of the original Star Wars trilogy.
The homeownership rate
of households headed
by people aged 30 to 34 fell to 46.3 percent in the first quarter
of 2018, a
disappointment for those who hoped the upward turn in the fourth quarter
of 2017 (to 47.1 percent) was a sign
of better times to come.
A severe
disappointment by any
of them — and it's happened before — or the unraveling
of one
of the pre-IPO «unicorns» (Uber in particular, whose bad - boy CEO, Travis Kalanick, resigned under investor pressure Wednesday) could spark panic selling that would spread way beyond the friendly confines
of Silicon Valley.
Combined with pressures we observe on profit margins, my impression is that investors may be surprised at the number
of companies that attempt to offset earnings
disappointments in the coming weeks
by pairing those reports with cost - cutting, in the form
of layoff announcements.
My own view is that the palpable sense
of disappointment being felt
by many leveraged investors in residential property is likely to grow further for the next year or so, possibly longer.
What might be surprising is that the stock selection performance depicted above was my primary source
of disappointment last year, and largely explains the tepid returns achieved
by the Strategic Growth Fund in 2006.
«The announcement
of a buyback is refreshing, and will be welcomed
by financial markets given yesterday's
disappointment by BHP Billiton,» BMO Capital Markets analyst Tony Robson said today in a note to clients.
Moreover, the discontent expressed at last year's AGM was also connected to other factors, including pay - for - performance concerns raised
by a proxy advisor and a general
disappointment with the (not so restraining) effects
of the Minder regulation.
By some financial metrics, Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) has frustrated investors, but one Wall Street analyst said a string
of disappointments represents an opportunity to buy shares.
Specifically, a recent analysis
by Graham Secker, MS & Co.'s European equity strategist, found that recent
disappointments in European corporate profits are a function
of at least three important factors that may be reversing: idiosyncratic issues related to heavily skewed index exposure to financials and commodity - linked industries; weak operating profit leverage linked to declining emerging market sales; and less aggressive use
of buybacks, tax optimization and non-operating cost reductions versus U.S. peers.
In October, its board authorized the sale
of its activity to some
of its managers and staff, because
of the
disappointment of the shareholders, headed
by Gal Erez, who held a 9 % stake and was appointed chairman after the sell off.
Though the 156,000 jobs added in August's labor market report fell short
of the figure predicted in consensus forecasts, any
disappointment was muted
by the historical tendency
of data in August to be adjusted at a later date, with the initial level
of hiring revised higher in five
of the last six years.
By lumping all persons who act out
of a sense
of duty and obligation derived from membership in a reference group together in their normocentric orientation, the authors fail to distinguish those who act from the standpoint
of a reflective and self - chosen set
of commitments (i.e., in accord with a reasoning approach) from those whose membership is a matter
of fate and socialization (i.e., out
of a fear
of group exclusion,
disappointment, or exclusion).
The acute sufferings
of that time brought to a head the misgivings about God's providence in history which had been aroused
by long - continued misfortunes and
disappointments; for these sufferings not only fell upon a people which had made sincere and persistent efforts to observe the law
of God in its corporate life, but they fell most heavily upon the best members
of the community.
A self - described Christian, he expressed
disappointment that the «religious Georgetown» run
by the Jesuits was in reality «falling off the left end
of Christianity.»
Teachers, preachers, and others who devote themselves to the work
of instruction can be saved needless frustration and
disappointment if they bear in mind the weight
of educational influences exerted
by the culture as a whole, and if they take account
of the prevailing cultural patterns as they plan their teaching.
Not surprisingly, some
of the diocesan Catholics felt threatened
by the sudden influx
of 72 ex Anglicans and there was some
disappointment, too, for some
of the Ordinariate Catholics because there were people from St Barnabas who had been going to come, but did not.
Most Convicting (nominated
by Alise Wright): David Nilsen with «Coping with
Disappointment When Calvinists Refuse to Be Jerks» «I think one
of the problems with most
of us who consider ourselves progressive Christians is that we live in constant expectation
of being judged
by our fellow believers who are more conservative.
As the actual Church in fact does not fulfill it, does not advocate concrete social demands energetically enough, does not dissociate itself radically or quickly enough from dying social forms, does not stigmatize nuclear warfare profoundly enough (all this according to the opinion
of these Christians, which objectively is
by no means necessarily false), they experience one
disappointment after another in regard to the Church, protest against it, hurt and irritated, and turn into lay defeatists.
Here, too, was rooted his
disappointment and impatience with the social revolutions
of 1848 that believed
by an upheaval
of mass external arrangements to be able to resolve the basic problem
of men.
But it is also sobering to recall that the one aim that,
by his own avowal, has always lain closest to his heart» reconciliation between the Eastern and Roman Churches» has proven to be the source
of his gravest
disappointment, and probably the only manifest failure that can be placed in the balance over against his innumerable successes.
But some Bunyan, writing Pilgrim's Progress in a prison where it was so damp that, as he cried, «The moss did verily grow upon mine eyebrows»; some Kernahan, born without arms and legs, but
by sheer grit fighting his way up until he sat in the House
of Commons; some Henry M. Stanley, born in a workhouse and buried in Westminster Abbey; some Dante, his Beatrice dead, he himself an exile from the city
of his love, distilling all his agony into a song that became the «voice
of ten silent centuries», or some more obscure and humble life close at hand where handicaps have been mastered, griefs have been built into character,
disappointments have been turned into trellises, not left a bare, unsightly thing — such incarnations
of fortitude and faith have infectious power.
Many modern marriages run a downhill course from the high romance and ecstatic satisfaction
of newly - weds, through the progressive frustrations and
disappointments of people who measure one another
by benefits received, to the divorce court.
I have to say also that I am utterly baffled
by the anxiety,
disappointment, or hostility he clearly inspires in certain American Catholics
of a conservative bent (using «conservative» in its distinctly American acceptation).
Whether he did it for the money, or to force Jesus into a situation where he could display his divine power and so bring in the kingdom
by force, or out
of personal
disappointment at the apparent failure
of the mission, or because he was evil from the beginning (but then why did Jesus call him in the first place?)
The
disappointments hurt tremendously, and
by the grace
of God, I have been able to heal from the situations.
(2 Corinthians 10:12) Life, in all
of its
disappointments and mountaintops, will never be fully described or understood
by what we choose to project or observe online — so stop comparing your life to others.
Had he stopped with late antiquity I would have expressed no such
disappointment, but Fowden invites some criticism
by concluding an intelligent and erudite book with a set
of superficial and strained reflections on multiculturalism and the global village.
Descartes»
disappointment over his formation at school and university taught him to learn to mistrust the senses, that is to say the technique
of interpretation
of material things
by means
of the senses.
But to the
disappointment of those theological exporters, this fish was not attracted
by the bait.
The feminism
of the 1970s was decisively shaped
by a demographic phenomenon that brought heartbreak and
disappointment to two large groups
of women.
The «in spite
of,» which holds us ready for
disappointment, is only the reverse, the dark side,
of the joyous «how much more»
by which freedom feels itself, knows itself, wills to conspire with the aspiration
of the whole
of creation for redemption.
I am not saying
disappointment on your article, my only point is that its faith, and only God can judge the correctness... The word
of God cultivates the mind, and the seed
of faith should bloom in its natural way, urging anything to study
by words and its meaning is in - vain because the use
of that will not gain you anything from God, but yes maybe in politics and people like you.
Disappointments felt
by preachers and listeners are probably due to the fact that dialogical methods are rather easily postured while embracing the dialogical principle requires a radical reassessment
of one's role as a preacher, one's view
of the congregation as the people
of God, one's understanding
of whether the sermon is the preacher's or the church's, and one's theology
of the Word; that is, does the Word
of God occur at the lips, at the ear, or in the sharing
of it?
By mid-life everyone has experienced an abundance
of mistakes, failures, missed opportunities, and
disappointments.
So when one learns that the Synod
of Catholic cardinals and bishops summoned
by the same Pope has returned the conversation to the culture wars
of the West — though with unmistakable overtones
of capitulation on many
of the bishops» part — it is, to say no more, a
disappointment.
Sifton went to Radcliffe College and the University
of Paris before starting a career as an editor at Viking Press, but her memoir is pervaded
by a feeling
of disappointment.