While the intention is to push yourself to perform your best, the reality is
you often feel a sense of failure, because consistent perfection is unattainable.
Communities
often feel a sense of pride when their local school makes the list, and parents may believe that their child's attendance at one of the ranked schools will help with college admissions and / or future jobs and careers.
Just like moms who opt for natural childbirth but end up needing a cesarean, women who want to breastfeed but can't
often feel a sense of failure and sometimes blame themselves.
Here's how awe works: when we experience an inspiring work of art or a grand vista in nature, or when we learn a new mind - expanding theory,
we often feel a sense of vastness that gives us a new perspective on the world and our place in it.
One of Humboldt's early mistakes was what Young calls «death by data,» where teachers were given a mountain of numbers and
often felt a sense of «now what?»
More than with most vehicles, the people who are attracted to these vehicles
often feel a sense of camaraderie among other owners, and tend to feel like they're part of a community.
Often I feel a sense of curiosity in my work, exploring my emotions and wondering what will reveal itself and in this artwork, the emotions were positive and produced a very undefined piece.
Although divorce does not have the stigma attached to it that it had in past centuries, divorcing couples
often feel a sense of guilt or shame.
Couples like these, who are struggling in their relationship,
often feel a sense of betrayal.
As a result, many parents
often feel a sense of loss and believe they may have «done something wrong» to provoke the change.
Not exact matches
Perhaps it is a
sense of ownership or desire to
feel needed, but in many company cultures (especially startups), there is
often a misguided hero syndrome that encourages an «I'm the only one who can do this» mentality.
Far too
often, sons and daughters
feel a
sense of entitlement to their parents» property and financial resources.
«The middle child
often feels left out and a
sense of, «Well, I'm not the oldest.
As one reads about such shootings, one
often senses a
feeling of social anxiety and betrayal on the part of perpetrator.
«Women in the sex industry
often feel isolated, unseen and unvalued, our hope is that this will give them a
sense of being seen and valued.»
We can
often feel or
sense this about another person without knowing very much specifically.
More
often than we're comfortable admitting, I think, we find ourselves
feeling what many recent theologians say we should: a twinge of uneasiness at speaking of heaven outside of church; the
sense that Jesus» death and resurrection can't quite be brought to bear on our daily routine, our social life, our moneymaking, our recreation; an inability to see with the heart the goodness of the Good News; a certain emptiness in our prayers.
We can
often overlook the purpose of dating as
feelings of love and excitement overtake our
senses — especially starting college, where everything is new.
They want to make it plain (they are demonstrably
often hard put to do so because of the intensity of their own
feelings and emotions) that it is judgment in the full
sense — justice, the setting right of the woefully wrong.
I recall that I
often felt closer to God and
sensed the beauty of nature when I took the dog for a walk than I did at long - drawn - out church services.
He urged his readers not to concentrate on the doctrinal statements which they mocked, but on a «
sense and taste for the Infinite», or, in a phrase that he
often used, on «a
feeling of absolute dependence.»
More
often than we're comfortable admitting, I think, we find ourselves
feeling what many recent theologians say we should: a twinge of uneasiness at speaking of heaven outside of church; the
sense that Jesus» death and resurrection can't quite be brought to bear on our daily routine, our social life, our moneymaking, our recreation; an...
Though we have not met these persons, we
feel —
often deeply — a
sense of real loss.
When various forms of idolatry became part of their effort to influence the world, they were merely trying to tie all things together, to make
sense out of a world that
often proved hostile to human
feelings.
This perspective is primarily concerned to eliminate nonsensical statements, or at least to distinguish between nonsense (non-verifiable) and
sense (verifiable) Under the pressure of this demand by logical positivists, those who speak and write in the field of religion have not only
felt called upon to clear up the fuzzy and meaningless jargon that
often characterizes their field, but many have relinquished all terms that refer to the non-verifiable.
When his higher Power changes f.rom «the group» to God, it is
often an indication of psychological growth in the
sense that he now
feels accepted by life itself (instead of just the ingroup of fellow alcoholics).
Often one can
sense what the person is
feeling before he actually verbalizes it fully.
It
often happens that an hallucination is imperfectly developed: the person affected will
feel a «presence» in the room, definitely localized, facing in one particular way, real in the most emphatic
sense of the word,
often coming suddenly, and as suddenly gone; and yet neither seen, heard, touched, nor cognized in any of the usual «sensible» ways.
On the contrary, as most of us know most of the time, there is a deeply
felt sense of genuine value; this is what makes life worth living, as it is
often said.
Schubert Ogden has written an essay on «The Strange Witness of Unbelief» (included in his book The Reality of God, SCM Press, London, 1967), in which he demonstrates how
often it is the very negators of meaning whose way of life, attitude toward others, and struggle for a «better world» exhibit a dim yet pervasive
feeling of significance in the world and in their own existence, a
sense of meaning that (as Ogden argues and as I believe) is a hidden working of divine Love in their hearts.
Such alienation or estrangement brings about a
sense of human frustration, sometimes
felt very keenly but more
often and with most of us in something like Thoreau's «quiet desperation,» known at moments when we can not sleep or when we are not happy about what we have been doing or thinking.
Their religion was like a dried flower pressed in a Bible, and
often seemed to consist of nothing more than a desire for peaceful
feelings, a vague longing to be connected with something that transcends the self and a
sense of obligation to be decent to their fellows — all positive stirrings, but hardly the vigorous plant that could flourish in a nurturing religious community.
But I also don't believe that I've ever fallen into the trap of group psychology (even in the liberal
sense — people really need to read up on their Freud and Lacan these days, because the term is so
often misused), nor have I ever
felt brainwashed.
Among the gratifications from church mentioned most
often in a national survey of regular church attenders, for example, were
feeling close to God (77 percent), the experience of worshiping God (60 percent), and a
sense of companionship or fellowship (54 percent).
I too have
felt the machinery of Christianity, its rituals and teachings and habits of mind, remote from the way I lead my life and, in that
sense, if not absurd, then certainly useless, because I didn't (and still
often don't) use it to guide and govern my life.
(I have on more than one occasion
felt the effect of an otherwise admirable sermon ruined by the
sense that the pastor had been told once too
often what a fine preacher he was.)
When we take wrong turns, may erroneous choices, «heap coals on our own heads» we will
often sense a
feeling that God has left us or «blocked» us, He hasn't.
In presenting these elemental Christian teachings in class I have
often found that students are quick to ask the following question: if one took seriously Jesus» message that we do not have to earn our
sense of
feeling good about ourselves, would this not allow for an unrestrained, licentious life, believing that we are loved regardless of our behavior?
It's not that everything will always
feel perfect (that doesn't happen
often in real life, sorry), but you will have a
sense of satisfaction that what you're doing matters.
Of course, I have stated elsewhere on this blog that while our
feelings and
senses are a good gift from God, they can
often mislead us.
I
often feel like I have no idea what I'm doing, but this post gave me a little
sense of solidarity.
Once you
feel some
sense of control, take your calming / crying techniques to the next level; a five - month - old is interested in everything new and is
often easily distracted by a mirror, the leaves in the backyard, etc..
Unlike breast pumps, which
often give their users a
sense of inadequacy, hand expression (when done effectively) reflects actual milk supply more accurately and makes us
feel confident.
It is important to note that women
often present with atypical symptoms — a vague
sense of «
feeling unwell,» nausea, and anxiety.
When I design my wraps, this is always something I
feel very strongly about and the wraps» names
often give a
sense of this.
Research from SADD tells us that young people with a high
Sense of Self more
often report
feeling smart, successful, responsible, and confident than their low
Sense of Self counterparts do.
In her psychotic state, the delusions and beliefs make
sense to her; they
feel very meaningful and are
often religious.
Women with an impaired
sense of self awareness
often use the reactions of others to gauge how they are
feeling about a particular situation.
In her psychotic state, the delusions and beliefs make
sense to her; they
feel very real to her and are
often religious.
People who
feel suicidal
often have an extreme
sense of hopelessness or helplessness.