Sentences with phrase «few joys in»

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After graduating from Stanford with a degree in mechanical engineering and product design, Sterling was bothered by how few women were in her program and became obsessed with «disrupting the pink aisle» with a toy that would introduce girls to the joy of engineering at a young age.

There is a joy and wonderment in prayer know to just a few.

May everyone find joy in my leaving you all toward your own sense and sensibilities wordage usages without me butting in for at least a few hours..

It is too long to quote in full here, but one has only to think of a few of the powerful and particular images that situate the joy of the «swinger of birches» within the real and fallen world: the ice like broken glass, the trees bent by weather, the face that «burns and tickles with the cobwebs / Broken across it,» and the eye watering «From a twig's having lashed across it open.»

Few things bless a church more than the precious gift of leaders who serve together in unity for the joy of their people.

To become a monk is not easy, and the life of a monastic is not easy - but filled with joys few in the cultural world will every know.

And many of these pilgrims, in the joy of the moment, would stop right outside the gates of Jerusalem, and welcome other pilgrims by joining them in song as they walked the final few steps to Jerusalem.

It is not simply a few Palestinian teenagers who danced in joy as they watched the hijacked aircraft fly into the twin towers.

In this position of incurable uncertainty I began to feel that it was rather unfair to keep my family from taking part in the joy of the season and taking advantage of those precious few opportunities we have to see our relativeIn this position of incurable uncertainty I began to feel that it was rather unfair to keep my family from taking part in the joy of the season and taking advantage of those precious few opportunities we have to see our relativein the joy of the season and taking advantage of those precious few opportunities we have to see our relatives.

There is a wonderful joy in prayer known to but a few.

I sat down at the computer again to try to find a few words to say how I find God in this daily place and in this work, how I only learned to pray when I began to pray with my hands and my attention on purpose and how most of prayer to me now is listening and abiding, how I believe it would be nice to have a lovely housekeeper and a clean house and to create amazing soaring art with all of the white space of an uncluttered life and glorious heights of transcendent spirituality, I guess, but I need the God who sits in the mud and in the cold wind, in the laundry pile and in the city park, who embodies grief and joy, wisdom and patience, loneliness as companionship, renewal with simplicity and a good deep breath, and who even now shows up in the unlikeliest and homeliest of lives too, as a sacrament of and blessing for the ordinary things.

Finally, he emits a few tears: some are for the sadness he feels for people still trapped in such a system, while some are for the joy he feels at being liberated for the past 3-1/2 years.

In reflecting on the goals of his life, Bertrand Russell declared: «I have sought love first because it brings ecstasy — ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours of this joy.

The abuses and distortions present in today's Christmas ought not scare us away from a joy that can transform the few days at the end of December.

Quicker than I expected, I found joy in the new nest and a few days ago, installed a new baking table and delighted in seeing the kitchen glide into a new era of Betterbaking.com (and me).

I cried so many tears of joy those first few days, I'm still in shock and practically bounding with happiness down the streets as I live life with energy and without fatigue once more.

Unfortunately, I just started my freshman year in college, which meant saying goodbye to the kitchen I have heavily cooked and baked in for the past few years and reverting to the «joys» of the cafeteria.

There are few moments of joy in the world like an icy morning in the midst of summer with rain pattering against your windows.

However, over the past few months, I've honed in on what my true area of passion is - helping my clients and readers rediscover the joy of eating with delicious foods, nurturing a healthy relationship with food and by integrating the science of nutrition and psychology.

There were so many moments of pure joy, uncontrollable laughter, raw emotion, vulnerability, honesty, and love and I can't help but feel amazed by the deep friendships that formed in just a few days.

Gon na get a few thumbs down for this but to be honest I would rather spend my weekends watching my team play beautiful attacking football and have the joy of watching beautiful goals such as Wilshere's goal v west brom last week and still finish in the top 4 with a cup final to look forward to than win the title having to force my eyes open to actually see my team win via an early goal and the rest of the game spent watching headed clearances from John terry

true, some few more years without the title won't kill us, we are already stronger by spending 13 years witnessing people around us celebrating with joy having won the title, even the new boy in town (LC) put us to shame by winning it using the same strategy (no money) that the Wenger lovers use to explain why we failed to win it even a single time

The real tests are still to come, of course, and we will know more about England after the Italy game, but there are growing signs that this group of players are feeling more joy in their game for the Three Lions now, and more confidence in the manager and the system that has been developed over the last few years.

I hope that under Shad Forsythe, Diaby can make a come back of sorts, on his day he is a joy to watch, loved watch him boss Liverpool's midfield in one of his few fit games.

The 26 - year - old Hernandez is right there with Justin Verlander in any discussion of the best pitcher in baseball, but he's had too few moments in which he could express that kind of joy on a baseball field.

Tired of the unappreciative arsenal fans being negative about wenger here we have a club legend one that your luckily alive to witness in your lifetime and man who actually loves the club with heart on sleeve remember the growth the consistency the beauty in our football style and being awed at by clubs around the about the joy of watching an arsenal wenger side play yea soon enough he will be gone hes 68 and uh oh there gos the guy who constantly over the years beat spurs made champions league the invincibles put your belief in the team and him relish what we have and in his tenure we get to be one of the few who get to worry oh maybe we wont finish this year but wait will be top five and probably win a cup or make to or near the final for 21 22 years straight phew wow that could be of been worse had me there for a moment thats all i had to worry about as a fan glad im witnessing a club legend real cub passion not a paid fake smile who will go to another club maybe a rival jose mourinho so stop being a silly nanny negative easy to be worse and it will be after he leaves will go up and down for a bit

Were soo close to the finished article in regards to actually challenging on all fronts lets c wat joys the nxt few days bring.

I am trying to slow time down, to appreciate special moments and find joy in everyday life, so it was lovely be asked to reflect on a few by Cadbury Buttons and Channel Mum.

It took me a few years to get the hang of it, but I have to admit that there's a real decadent joy for me in doing all the traditional Christmas stuff.

She has nearly two decades of experience working with lactating mothers, has sat for the international lactation consultant exam twice, and has fewer greater joys than encouraging mothers, advocating for their rights, and working through challenges in effort to optimize the breastfeeding couples experience.

every day there is something to accomplish, baby stuff is all washed and put in it's place, fridge and pantry are stocked full of food and good eats for a while, and JOY biscuits have been baked (although i would like to bake a few more batches, and 1/3 deliveries have been made)... we have an appt with maria tomorrow along with an appt with a potential pediatrician.

Few other experiences in life compare to the joy of birth.

I remember so many days just a few years ago of my own fierce determination mixed with immeasurable joy and overwhelming exhaustion that left me drowning in motherhood.

As I sit here this morning feeling my little bundle of joy kicking and squirming about I truly realize how blessed I am to be welcoming my fourth daughter into the world in just a few short weeks.

The few hours we spend putting up a hammock in the yard or on the porch will give us back many hours of joy and comfort, hanging out in the hammock, telling and reading stories, cuddling and watching the clouds go by together.

The next few months continued to be a challenge, in which I dealt with common trials, as well as Raynaud's phenomenon, oversupply, and blocked ducts, but it all amounted to little compared with the joy of being able to meet my baby's needs through breastfeeding.

For me, few memories are better at framing the double exposure of joy and grief of parenting after loss than that one of me weeping for my babies in heaven while giving my rainbow baby the milk of life.

I, too, started out with an epidural (ended in a c - section), a crib, and the daily stroller ride and then discovered the joys of AP a few months after baby was born.

I was wheeled out of the hospital a few days later with a new bundle of joy in each arm and a brand new scar.

* In a few weeks, Holly Sawyer will share with us Part 2 of her story, which reveals the joy she's found in her work outside academiIn a few weeks, Holly Sawyer will share with us Part 2 of her story, which reveals the joy she's found in her work outside academiin her work outside academia.

A few decades later, Jahren — now a geobiologist and three - time Fulbright scholar — has penned a memoir rich in both the study of things and the joy that study brings.

In a time of so much bitter division, it's remarkable that an astronomical event just a few minutes long had the power to bring us together, gazing in joy and wonder at the universIn a time of so much bitter division, it's remarkable that an astronomical event just a few minutes long had the power to bring us together, gazing in joy and wonder at the universin joy and wonder at the universe.

To name just a few typical emotional contexts for laughter, it can accompany joy, affection, amusement, cheerfulness, surprise, nervousness, sadness, fear, shame, aggression, triumph, taunt and schadenfreude (pleasure in another's misfortune).

It wasn't just hard on the CV; it took a great deal of joy out of the science, which for me has always been about swapping mad ideas over a few pints in the conference bars.

With that in mind, below are a few different ways to work with your cravings and ultimately use them as a tool to experience more joy and peace in your life.

You might have spent time kicking a ball with your neighbours, building a makeshift cubby house for an afternoon tea party with your teddy bear companions or riding your bike to explore the haunted house a few streets away — indulging in the delight of kiddie pastimes that involved a bundle of energy and unbridled joy.

I'm finding more and more that success is about allowing myself time to decompress, whether it's meditation for 20 minutes or just finding a few minutes in the day recognize the joy of life.

I quietly shed a few tears of joy and gratitude with our legs crossed in our final seated pose, and I felt a strong sense of inner peace as we concluded our time together on my family's porch.

As I spoke about in this post a few months back, my home is one of the places I find the most pride, joy and interest in.

If you're ever in India, there are a few things you just have to try, my favourites include Idli (what I was eating in my stories, with a face of pure joy), dosa, appam, butter chicken & chaat.