But what really surprised me was Sarandon's comment about her perceived difference between marriage and cohabitation: «I thought that if you didn't get married you wouldn't take each other for granted as easily.
The simplest relationship goal is: don't take each other for granted!
I like for us to do things together, be together when time allows, and
not take each other for granted.
Make this ritual a regular part of your lives together to make sure you don't take each other for granted.
Not taking each other for granted 4.
«I suppose it's about keeping love alive, learning how to fall in love over and over again,
not taking each other for granted, forgiveness, trust.»
Closely connected couples do
not take each other for granted, and they show their love and appreciation for each other in their greetings.
Do the little things each day that let your partner know you love and cherish them Don't take each other for granted
Not exact matches
And of course most of us could
not do what we do without the help and support of our family and friends - the group we probably
take for granted more than any
other.
When you don't
take what you have
for granted, you constantly try to re-prove yourself to yourself rather than to
other people.
By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support
for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and
other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to
not take black voters and their issues
for granted.
Why this happens is a whole
other discussion, but what you need to know is that your job should
not be
taken for granted.
It would seem to be offsetting safety gains from
other technologies, including
not just new automatic collision avoidance systems, but even now
taken -
for -
granted features like anti-lock brakes, which are equipped on a greater percentage of the U.S. fleet with each passing year.
They don't encroach
others» boundaries and
take them
for granted or expect more than what proper boundaries warrant.
Every piece of business infrastructure that any
other startup can
take for granted, we can't at MakeLoveNotPorn, because the small print always says, «No adult content».
And that's
not even getting into the idea that
not all Christians believe in an irrevocable Hell (or that even those that do don't believe in second chances), or
other things we
take for granted that are essentially untestable (a painting can be prooven to exist, but is it «Art?»)
Our churches, whose steeples dot every cityscape and small town in the land, are exempt from paying taxes, and unlike many people of
other faiths, we don't have to worry about fighting with our employers to
take time off to celebrate our religious holidays as they are largely
taken for granted.
The overwhelming support of economists and those many
other academics who follow their lead can
not be
taken for granted for a brazen American imperialism.
And third, we give thanks
not in order that God will know that we are thankful but precisely in order to make ourselves thankful: to help ourselves realize
not only how lucky we are in comparison to so many
others (which is part of it), but how fortunate we are just to be in this world; to help us appreciate the many blessings which each and every one of us enjoys; to rekindle in us the sense of wonder and awe and gratitude in response to all that we so often and so cavalierly
take for granted.
For can I, as a Christian, simply take it for granted that others are not in the grace of Go
For can I, as a Christian, simply
take it
for granted that others are not in the grace of Go
for granted that
others are
not in the grace of God?)
These policies won't solve our problems, but they will shift the incentives in our system so that people in the lower - earning segment will become a bit more likely to enjoy the relatively higher family stability and higher employment that
other Americans
take for granted.
Oppressed Black Americans and
other members of marginalized social groups can
not afford to enter into the discussion with a
take - it -
for -
granted attitude that the Whiteheadian metaphysical foundations are applicable to their experience.
Jesus» teaching was
not «social,» in our modern sense of sociological utopianism; but it was something vastly profounder, a religious ethic which involved a social as well as a personal application, but within the framework of the beloved society of the Kingdom of God; and in its relations to the pagan world outside it was determined wholly from within that beloved society — as the rest of the New Testament and most of the
other early Christian literature
takes for granted.
Jesus» teaching is eschatological» in outlook, but it is
not necessarily «apocalyptic»; that is, it did
not take for granted the visions, dreams, chronological calculations and symbols, the vast array of angelic and
other supernatural figures, or the mechanical and deterministic schemes of history which were characteristic of the apocalyptists.
Most of these lectures aim at bringing the insights of Hinduism and Buddhism closer to Indian and Western Christians as well as philosophers, to deepen their understanding of faith and expand it to
other forms of belief.43 His anthology «The Vedic Experience» which has been accepted and respected by many Hindus, tries to present texts from the Veda and the Upanishads in such a way that they become open towards
other beliefs and transparent
for the depth of faith.44 An important aspect of his literary production, already central at the beginning, but gaining prominence again lately, has been to address a Western public that faces the challenge of having to seek its religious identity and
not being able to
take it
for granted.
We recognize, of course, the relatively late emergence in the Old Testament of a positively and precisely articulated belief in Yahweh's universal creation, and that it is
not, indeed, until the time of Second Isaiah that such a belief is
taken for granted.24 On the
other hand, the J story of creation in Gen. 2 reflects an early if imprecise creation faith25 while the eighth - century prophets clearly stand upon a thoroughly practical though untheoretical belief in Yahweh's creative function.
In this particular instance it is
not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the
not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic
take - off; the insight
granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe
for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some
other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but
not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.
Those critics who say that
other countries are ahead of us in «guaranteeing quality health care
for everyone» overlook the fact that the definition of quality in those countries does
not include the panoply of high - tech medicine increasingly
taken for granted in America.
I believe there's something I often call tangible grace — the belief that even if my money, food or
other resources are
taken for granted or used in a way I would
not prefer, that somewhere in the exchange grace would be received.
Consider this... a person goes to college, gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while
taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then works his / her tail off seeking funding
for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard
for evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis...
not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and publish... so they write
grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas...
not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you get archeological interest and action in remote places...
not at all surprising that the pottery and
other evidence of the Exodus and
other biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean
not there... just
not found yet...
In fact many of us do
not believe in many far right issues but do believe in religious freedom, freedom of speech and
other freedoms that we
take so
for granted, and what was fought
for us future generations to have.
This was its linking belief in God with belief in posthumous careers
for human persons, in spite of the fact that, in the Book of Job
for instance, although the divine existence is there
taken for granted, there is
not a whisper about Heaven or Hell, or about posthumous rewards or punishments, or any
other prolongations of a person's experiencing after death.
And whether that's because of salary cap parity, ruthless marketing or even fantasy football, don't
take that
for granted: Every
other American sport needs a strong show pony, a story or star that builds to the narrative to a marketable norm.
If you're somehow wondering why Indians fans might
not take this lead
for granted, please recall: in addition to the franchise's streak of
not winning a World Series since 1948, the last two times the Red Sox and Indians faced each
other in the playoffs, Boston pulled out victories following 2 - 0 and 3 - 1 Cleveland leads.
«Some
other teams have had a strange season and they may also be stronger going forwards, so we don't
take anything
for granted.
Taking each
other for granted is
not part of a marriage vow as far as I know, thankfully.
Living with someone
for many years, however, whether married or
not, might — might — just cause some people to
take each
other for granted.
Taking each
other for granted is
not part of any marriage vow as far as I know.
I wouldn't necessarily suggest that you do what my mom did, but living with someone 24/7 can create all sorts of conflict, disappointments and resentments,
not to mention that couples start
taking each
other for granted.
Growing up amid such abundance, it's easy to
take for granted that there will always be gifts under the Christmas tree — and
not notice that,
for many
others and through no fault of their own, such abundance is
not the case.
I learned
not to
take food
for granted because I see what
other kids have to go through without food.
While I
grant that the acknowledgement of the failure of the War on Drugs is an important first step, security will
not be achieved in the Americas until we
take seriously the issues that create the environment suitable
for insecurity — a weak rule of law, punitive judiciary systems and the inability of many members of society to achieve a dignified standard of living, among
others.
Many
take it
for granted that the application is secure and
others couldn't care less.
«Every day, most of us
take for granted that when we will to move, we can move any part of our body with precision and control in multiple directions and those with traumatic spinal cord injury or any
other form of paralysis can
not,» said Benjamin Walter, associate professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Clinical PI of the Cleveland BrainGate2 trial and medical director of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program at UH Cleveland Medical Center.
So one
other thing that I kind of like in this column is everybody walks around this three pound organ in our heads called the brain and we use this thing every [day,] but we don't really understand how it produces the consciousness that we all
take for granted.
It doesn't
take a genius to work out this means less money
for other things — like project
grants.
No, I'm
not forcing etiquette on you, but rather, I'm helping you to see that just like smiling at another person, the words and gestures we often
take for granted are significant to
others.
«They were advanced in years,» he said, «and didn't want to
take for granted the time they had left with each
other!»
Not many people have an opportunity to impact
others lives in such a gratifying way, and I never
take that
for granted.»
I do
not take anyone
for granted and appreciate kindness and never look at
others kindness as being a fool.