Sentences with phrase «living ordinary days»

Their relatives, out living ordinary days, dialed and redialed, texted and retexted, clinging to hope on their own smartphones.

Pliny also brings to life his ordinary days and the surprising comfort of his villa: «Adjoining this angle is a room forming the segment of a circle, the windows of which are so arranged as to get the sun all through the day: in the walls are contrived a sort of cases, containing a collection of authors who can never be read too often.

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This is our reality: All day long God is reaching into our condition, sending certain thoughts and desires, arousing certain emotions and calming unhealthy patterns, calling us further towards love / life, showing us that he is to be experienced in every piece of His creation and known in every ordinary fraction - of - a-second.

The truth is, the ordinary life we wake up to every day is full of its own magic, beauty, wonder and meaning; we just choose to ignore it most of the time.

«One sure mark of genuine spiritual growth, I think, is a growing preference for the ordinary days of our life with God» (Thomas H. Green, When the Well Runs Dry).

But experiences which are so rare as to be inaccessible to ordinary persons or unrelated to the life every day can not be the basis for a universal religion.

The ordinary pleasures of life give us just an inkling of what true pleasure must be, and Lewis is a master at using them to depict the happiness God will one day bestow on those who love him.

The recognition of the parables as being drawn from the daily experiences of the peasant life, in the first century Palestine, 150 lays stress on the close connection between ordinary day - to - day experiences in life and the message concerning the divine rule.

But it does require the supernatural grace of God to live twenty - four hours of every day as a saint, going through drudgery, and living an ordinary, unnoticed, and ignored existence as a disciple of Jesus.

Christian communication needs to find its rootage, its raw stuff, from within the experiences of daily life, and then attempt to show in what way this ordinary, day - by - day existence has ultimate meaning.

If in the course of an ordinary day we are not struck in the face or accosted by beggars or taken to court or hit up for a loan, there are plenty of other demands on our time for faithful living!

In addition to this tendency within himself he will in all likelihood be surrounded by many people who regard his new enlightenment as moonshine and will exert a day - by - day pressure to bring him back into line with «ordinary» life.

Silence was obligatory for most of the day, and a series of signs were used to substitute for the ordinary business of life, asking for the butter at table or enquring what the time was.

And I know what you mean about snow days, it's something out of the ordinary, a nice reprieve from everyday life and an excuse to cosy up and relax: --RRB-

Instead of removing children from their day - to - day lives for treatment, both The Wright School and Hope Creek Academy emphasize helping students develop skills within the context of ordinary activities: academics, chores and, of course, fun.

Asking me to give up on the day of fun, to stick with an ordinary day that gets us caught up on life.

Insisting that the CFB allows elected officials to conduct ordinary communications with constituents, she added, «In the final days of this election, while Mr. Doyle continues to complain over the experience Mark Gjonaj brings to this race, our campaign remains focused on the issues at hand, which is quality of life, public safety, education and transportation.»

The concept for the project was simple — to document as much life as possible in one single cubic foot during the process of an ordinary day.

Spend the better part of a day pondering the technological marvels that are now an integral part of ordinary life and you'll encounter Einstein wherever you turn.

Not your ordinary yearly journal, this interactive guru will guide you through every day and help you tap into your mindfulness and inspire you to live to your fullest potential.

However, today is a decidedly ordinary day in my life with Lyme.

I flew to meet Maryna and for 4 sacred days we escaped the daily to - do's of our ordinary lives and ventured into the lush and sometimes precarious terrain of the island Maryna now calls home.

This blog is about finding beauty in the ordinary «stuff» of every day life.

Linking - up with Kristin at Taz & Belly for the «Daily Dime»; 10 photos that document an ordinary day in my life.

I am an ordinary Muslim girl who wishes to meet man of her dream... Someone who is understanding, self assured and responsible... Practice Islamic ways of living and teachings... Love is not made in a day, but in a lifet..

It is a way to escape from a boring every day life, from problems that a person may face during his / her ordinary life.

Set in Brooklyn's Borough Park neighbourhood, the film takes an intimate look into the ordinary life of Menashe, a Hassidic Jew and luckless «schlimazel» who's struggling to get through another day and to keep custody of son, Rieven.

Adapted from the novel by Irvine Welsh, John Hodge's (A Life Less Ordinary, The Final Curtain) screenplay is the second straight collaboration with director Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, The Beach), as well as Ewan McGregor.

His 28 Days Later (2002) has a huge following, but I doubt that movie's fans would have much to say about A Life Less Ordinary (1997), The Beach (2000) or Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001).

The dark and disturbing Shallow Grave, the adrenalin - fueled drug - comedy Trainspotting, the high - spirited romance A Life Less Ordinary, the Leonardo DiCaprio thriller The Beach, the bone - chilling zombie thriller 28 Days Later — each launched by his explosive imagination.

A Life Less Ordinary marks the third straight collaboration between director Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, The Beach), screenwriter John Hodge (The Final Curtain), and budding superstar Ewan McGregor (Down with Love, Big Fish), following on the heels of their critically acclaimed offbeat films, Trainspotting and Shallow Grave.

This day - in - the - life tale, based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood, starts out coolly elegant, the stylish imagery in balance with Firth's exquisitely delicate performance as he navigates just another ordinary awful day, months after his lover accidentally abandoned him.

It marks something of a departure for director Mike Leigh; his films typically chronicle the lives of ordinary, working - class people in the present day, although he has visited the past on two occasions before, 1999's Gilbert and Sullivan biopic Topsy - Turvy and 2004's Vera Drake, the fictional story of an abortionist in 1950s London.

This day - in - the - life tale, based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood [Amazon U.S.][Amazon Canada][Amazon U.K.], starts out coolly elegant, the stylish imagery in harmony with Firth's exquisitely delicate performance as he navigates just another ordinary awful day, months after his lover accidentally abandoned him.

«Although our lives have been very ordinary in one sense, they have been filled with adventure and new learning every day,» added Karen Dunmire.

An ordinary day in the life of Clark and her school reveals the enormously diverse challenges a principal faces — and the remarkable skill set a principal needs to be good at the job.

His first novel, Hope, was published in 1997, and has been followed by five further novels: Love Remains (2000); I, Lucifer (2002), shortlisted for the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize; Weathercock (2003); Death of an Ordinary Man (2004); and The Bloodstone Papers (2006), set in India in 1946, and A Day and a Night and a Day (2009), The Last Werewolf (2011), Talulla Rising (2012), By Blood We Live (2014).

Throughout the novel, Hay moves back and forth through Elsie's years, giving the reader introspective looks into her life: from her days as a vibrant, adventurous young woman to her years mothering her twins, Elaine and Don; from the time she stepped out of her ordinary life to have her portrait painted to the present day, when she looks into her mirror at «the facility» and says to herself, «I have no idea who you are or why you're here.»

I still have a little bit of BEA hangover — it's kind of anti-climactic going back to ordinary life after spending three days among book people.

We are treated to an uncommon, insider's look at the new Russia, where high rollers live in sumptuous style and ordinary folk live as they did in the bleak days of Communism.

On the fortieth anniversary of the Arab - Israeli Six Day War (1967 - 1971), Ibtisam Barakat writes a compelling memoir of her young childhood during the war that shows the value and beauty of ordinary life.

The cycle of life is intrinsic to nature, something that occurs every day, but there's nothing ordinary about it when it is happening to you — the feeling is awe - inspiring.

Many children are victimized and they need to be protected not only by the government, but also by the ordinary people who face this problem every day and it does not depend on either their position in the society or level of life or their age, habits, sex and religion.Therefore, to know this problem better and try to find Continue reading

She is an ordinary high school student who one day finds a book in the library that would change her life forever.

Ordinary people care about things that affect their day - to - day lives.

The American Humane Association Hero Dog AwardsTM Now in its second year, the Hero Dog Awards competition searches out and recognizes America's Hero Dogs — often ordinary dogs who do extraordinary things, whether it's saving lives on the battlefield, lending sight or hearing to a human companion, or simply the tail - wagging welcome a pet owner relishes at the end of a hard day.

The annual national competition searches out and recognizes America's Hero Dogs — often ordinary dogs who do extraordinary things, whether it's saving lives on the battlefield, lending sight or hearing to a human companion, or simply the tail - wagging welcome a pet owner relishes at the end of a hard day.

The American Humane Hero Dog Awards ® are an annual, nationwide competition that searches out and recognizes America's Hero Dogs — often ordinary dogs who do extraordinary things, whether it's saving lives on the battlefield, lending sight or hearing to a human companion, or simply providing the tail - wagging welcome a pet owner relishes at the end of a hard day.

Every second of every day contains lessons that can only be acquired in the living of the moments, both magical and ordinary.

This full - day guided trip from Puerto Plata to Samaná, Cayo Levantado and El Limón takes you from safari truck to horseback to boat to see hidden coves, off - the - beaten - path waterfalls and a tropical paradise eons from most people's ordinary lives.