Sentences with phrase «hopelessness on»

Ida Petkus still remembers seeing Monica Cahill in 2009 standing in the Burlington County, N.J., courthouse lobby with her two young sons, a backpack full of toys, and a look of hopelessness on her face.

Holding such a view risks breeding complacency on one side and hopelessness on the other.

In contrast to utter pessimism and a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness on the one hand, and a naive optimism on the other hand, the Bible proclaims a message of hope for the whole creation.

Not exact matches

Well let me tell you that all corruption, destruction and decline of morals is not caused by religious ones but in the contrary it was and still is caused by disbelievers who have nothing to stand on except standing against all good morals brought by religions... well Mr. Go enjoy your infidelity with your kind and leave out religious ones from your hopelessness...

If it is the latter, true desire dies on the vine and turns into hopelessness.

Yet Christians, as Thabiti Anyabwile notes, can resist «the temptation to hopelessness,» even in the «thick fog of despair that settles on entire blocks of families mangled and maligned by mass incarceration.»

I read Kristoff's piece and felt hopelessness settle on my shoulders.

Nobody else than solely the crucified and living Jesus Christ, who himself experienced the hopelessness of life on himself and overcame it in the communion of God.

Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies, and fortunately, when there aren't any cookies we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or a subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital gurneys, and nose - plugs, and uneaten danish, and soft spoken secrets, and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of fiction.

Generally, when you think of Disney, you think of inspirational stories meant for the whole family, not existential reflections on hopelessness... right?

Finally, it seems more than ever that modern American society is «an experience in dissatisfaction, a wager on the benefits of discontent».4 Consistent with the despair of chance, there is a new and growing hopelessness and a draining of American optimism.

She wanted a child, but it was not until she reached the place of complete hopelessness and dependence on God that she received the desire of her heart.

What they DO AGREE ON is that you're basically NO GOOD and doomed to a life of hopelessness, despair, and eternal dammnaation unless you give them money and do what they tell you.

Yet even on occasions of seeming hopelessness, Israel could believe in the renewal of creation.

Rita Rouner's poems and reflections, «A Short While toward the Sun,» on the death of her 19 - year - old son, shows images of the afterlife — very positive ones — emerging at the same time as the mourner - poet herself is stuck «in death,» in numbness and hopelessness.

I used to struggle with hopelessness a lot, in those dark years... still do, every once in awhile... but when I really take time and reflect on all that's happen, I realize just how lucky and blessed I've been — despite everything, I know God's taking care of me... and I know He's taking care of you, too, even when it doesn't feel like it.

Arsenal supporters are not» complainers» «they are driven by the hopelessness of seeing Wenger forced on them every year.

Conceding a goal in the first minute of the game seemed totally symbolic of our hopelessness at that time, and Moyes» decision to play Cleverley on the right wing was just bizarre.

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

Helpless doesn't even touch the feeling — it's like hopelessness, anger, fear, pain, and sickness, all wrapped up into one gruesome experience that goes on for months.

Ghana's position as a pacesetter on the African continent and a global beacon of hope had evaporated following a series of political misadventures that had crippled our economy and left the people in a state of hopelessness.

Tsipras and his government are leading the Greek people on a path of bitter abandonment and hopelessness.»

«On January 1, 2017, there was a big sense of hopelessness and a lot of people who were not sure what their role was and what they should be doing,» she said.

According to the APC Chieftain, «Divisions, hatred, back - biting, grinding economic conditions, hopelessness and insecurity among Nigerians has hit the limit and therefore it would not be fair on the part of Nigerians to continue to drag them along this part of draconic torture.

Continual confinement, lack of daylight for months on end, hunger, homesickness and the apparent hopelessness of the situation would all have taken their toll.

It is characterised by low mood and feelings of hopelessness, and is brought on by a number of factors that can include life events such as bereavement, and changes in brain chemistry.

The findings are dire, but they should inspire action rather than hopelessness, said Adrian Raftery, a professor of statistics and sociology at the University of Washington and author of the study on temperature forecasts.

When we act on our own behalf, we overcome the helplessness and hopelessness that are the hallmarks of depression.

But on the other hand, many of us are coached to avoid that hopelessness with excessively grandiose expectations,» says Breuning.

And for those of you like that have had to escalate your baby - making problems to fertility treatments like me, be it IUI's or IVF, the stress levels are likely to either be through the roof, or on a steep trajectory towards it as your financial pressure grows along with your increasing sense of hopelessness as each attempt fails.

However, it can reduce anxiety and feelings of hopelessness that come from constantly worrying about your future or focusing on the past.

I don't have all the answers, but most of us have in common some the same feelings: the hope when you see someone you can't take your eyes off of; the anticipation of being on a first date; the moment when you kiss; the bliss of love; and also: the slap when someone says no; the hopelessness when someone walks away, the emptiness when someone you love cheats on you and so on.

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Pathos, fear, anger, hopelessness and heartache are all captured in this final movie's Snape and I'm calling a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for Rickman based on the power and scope he achieves in this relatively small role.

... captures what it must be like to have your life suddenly turned around into total chaos, the hopelessness, the helplessness, and the despair that descends when thrown into a dungeon where people all around you are being executed on a daily basis.

Even knowing the happy outcome, Butler masterfully keeps us on the edge of our seats, and communicates the full horror and seeming hopelessness of the crew's situation every step of the way.

Offended and disillusioned in view of the hopelessness of the Russian campaign he took his own life on November 17, 1941.

Annihilation touches on many issues, saying something about life and death, hope and hopelessness, reality and surreality.

Like ships passing in the night, when Bob Dylan comes on stage to perform after Llewyn is kicked out, the hopelessness of his plight comes in with full force.

It's a meaningful calm moment in a film filled with meaningful calm moments and may very well be the intended thoroughline of this whole meditation on bringing up children in a welfare state: financial hope, and hopelessness, is hereditary.

As interesting as he inevitably is, there's something forlorn about British character actor Toby Jones, a sense that he's carrying on through the hopelessness of whatever dead - end life he's portraying this time.

I'm convinced that there's already a latent melancholy in the picture, but armed with just a gloss of Camp David, the Israeli / Egyptian conflict, suddenly all of the picture's travails — being shut out of the Cairo film festival and, at the last minute, the Abu Dhabi fest as well — take on this terrible weight of irony and hopelessness.

At the start of season two, the gang is on the move, not only battling the walking dead, but struggling with a degree of hopelessness, too.

JK: To die by suicide was the way Hannah chose to end her hopelessness, but to focus only on her act of suicide, without a contextualized understanding of the interplay of power and inequity that resulted in Hannah's perceptions and decision - making, is remiss, irresponsible, and neglectful at best.

«I have witnessed childhood friends enter and reenter the penal system, and seen family members handicapped by hopelessness,» Figueroa says «I've made a commitment to work on behalf of these individuals to improve the educational services available to them.

The report goes on to say that «without adequate access to play, children are deprived of the opportunity to develop important emotional skills, leading to an increase in anxiety levels, depression and feelings of hopelessness.»

Fiction titles for children and young adults that contain potentially controversial elements, including sexual, religious, political, or racial subject matter, or that formulate a worldview or life philosophy of hopelessness, may be recommended for purchase depending on artistic value.

As a writer who's been on the cusp of an offer too many times to count over for the past four years, for me, self publishing opens up a new empowering option that takes the «hopelessness» out of the equation, the inability to control your own destiny, the seemingly endless swim up the traditional publishing stream like a salmon, just to be eaten or thrown back to try again.

«We waited in the emergency room with my 82 - year - old mother - in - law to get the final diagnoses related to her serious fall, and the look on her face was one of hopelessness.

Ultimately this is a love story about a fight against poverty and hopelessness, the transformation made possible by a true love, and the power of young people to have a deep impact on the world.