This anxiety is a stifling, paralyzing force unless one has developed
a functional philosophy of life; a life style of «generativity» (Erikson), i.e., self - investment in the ongoing human race; and relationships of trust with at least one other person and with the Ground of Being.
Not exact matches
The vertical orientation
of the church fellowship defines another unique resource — an explicit concern for nurturing spiritual growth by helping people develop
functional adult values and
philosophies of life and thereby strengthen their connection with the Source
of life and growth.
If we limit our conception
of a person's
life to what is «storied» in words, ignoring the
functional biological whole
of mind and body, we may slip into the dualism
of Descartian
philosophy.