Sentences with phrase «great personal loss»

I completely agree with you in that your statement, «Almost all great stories, novels, myths, and movies have as their core plot the idea of a person who sacrificially gives of himself for others, to rescue and deliver them from some calamity, and in so doing, suffers great personal loss, but ultimately rises into glory,» is no coincidence.

John obeyed Jesus and adopted Mary as his own mother, to care for her needs and to console her in this time of great personal loss.

In fact, more and more working women over the age of 50 are leaving their careers to care for an elderly family member — at great personal loss, financially and emotionally.

What I do remember is going home that afternoon and dredging up a man reincarnated as Dari a the Bear, a hunter and taxidermist whose obsession with death, drawn from great personal loss, is rooted in his desire to understand and preserve the majesty of things once living.

Almost all great stories, novels, myths, and movies have as their core plot the idea of a person who sacrificially gives of himself for others, to rescue and deliver them from some calamity, and in so doing, suffers great personal loss, but ultimately rises into glory.

When tragedy happens to someone else, when you're not caught up in the immediate effects, when neither you nor those close to you suffer any great personal loss, this kind of answer is probably all you need.