Sentences with phrase «painful reality of»

Obviously this comes to a huge shock to the pastor who has either ignored the painful reality of his marriage or has completely miscalculated the marriage he has (i.e. this is the imminent threat)

That's when stronger action will become more viable as it becomes harder to deny the painful reality of just how dire our situation is — and as the sped - up deployment of clean energy required for countries to meet Paris commitments make achieving 2 °C even more super-cheap.

Managing hype and self - publishing your first game is terrifying The talk will introduce our strange little studio, and quickly cover the boring, slow often painful reality of going from a successful, hyped up game - jam winning demo to initial funding.

The painful reality of these financial times is that the options open to people with poor credit scores are limited.

This collects stories of survivors and activists who have mobilized to break the silence surrounding the painful reality of sexual violence on college campuses.

Sophie Baird is looking for a way to escape the painful reality of her parents» deaths.

What he offers instead is an oftentimes hard - to - watch drama that explores Christian faith and the painful reality of religious prosecution (which sadly still occurs today).

He emphasized that while it's «not illegal to be homeless,» and «those experiencing the very painful reality of being street homeless, they don't take any joy in it,» the city would promptly crack down on any criminal behavior.

And I wondered — did my experience with the often excruciatingly painful reality of heartbreak influence how I moved forward in love and life?

And I wondered — did my experience with the often excruciatingly painful reality of heartbreak influence how I moved forward in love and -LSB-...]

This was the painful reality of so many of my students in the inner city of Nashville.

The painful reality of Canadian cellphone service has once again come to the forefront this week.

Very few are in favor of this an that is a sign that our digression in the painful realities of a PC world are almost over.

Beginning next month, Garfield Park will be more than a place to go to escape the often painful realities of life on the West Side.

«And not just from some of the painful realities of crime and violence in some of our neighborhoods but safe from the very people they want to have faith in as their protectors.»

Together, the members of Squad E will get to experience the painful realities of war, but will the bonds of their friendships survive the frozen battlefield?

Sheridan's world is well - crafted, showing the audience the painful realities of a world often forgotten on the big screen.

Bridging the divide by giving young people an entry point into the painful realities of race in America

Together, they will experience the painful realities of war — but will the bonds of Squad E's friendships survive the frozen battlefield?

In them, the language of geometric abstract painting is re-imagined into monumental installations that tell stories about the painful realities of African American history through innovative spatial structures.

«Harvard's president Drew Gilpin Faust, a scholar of the Civil War, slavery, and the American South, has drawn attention to the university's institutional history and has prompted the campus community to examine painful realities of African American heritage that have until recently remained unspoken and unaddressed.

Not exact matches

You could, though, just think of it as the sort of controversial communication that gets people to consider a few painful realities.

With every passing quarter, however, that behavior becomes less of a bogeyman and more of a painful reality — and the latest survey of cable subscriber numbers has a little something for both sides of that debate.

If you thought you were going to make $ 100,000 and drive a Porsche immediately out of college, then your standards of success were skewed and superficial, you confused your pleasure for happiness, and the painful smack of reality hitting you in the face will be one of the best lessons life ever gives you.

The reality is that every one of us has created some negative pattern in our lives, usually at an early age in life, where we discovered that when we experienced painful feelings, usually around violations of love (identity) and trust (safety), we found a way of coping that helped us survive.

If we're honest, a lot of us are tempted to move through life like this at times, covering our eyes and ears to tough, awkward or painful realities around us, hoping that we can buy ourselves a bit more time before we must confront them.

Maybe what we're asking Him for would cheapen the reality of how awful evil truly is and how painful our battle with it has been.

Hence, this service — painful, traumatic but intensely real — was planned to offer the all - too - human reality of divorce to God, and to seek God's healing and new directions for their lives.

There is nothing more painful than the helpless attempt at the interpretation of religious documents or monuments by one who does not know what «awe» is or to whom these testimonies to man's search for communion with ultimate reality are just the dead records of the experience of «sick - minded» or backward people.

His proclamation of the reign of God requires the painful dismantling of all non-inclusive arrangements of social and religious reality.

From a growth perspective, knowledge of the dynamics of the ego's defenses is a valuable resource because it clarifies the ways in which people unconsciously isolate themselves from painful reality and from the growth that is possible only by dealing more openly with this reality.

The recovering alcoholic must find nonalcoholic means of satisfying the needs he formerly satisfied or attempted to satisfy through drinking — reduction of anxiety, closeness to others, psychological «vacations» from painful reality, a sense of adequacy, experiences of transcendence, and euphoria.

people who refuse to see the reality of these struggles sometimes bemuse me (then, i guess, it's less painful if you switch off).

Ascribing motive is a way of protecting myself from the painful reality that deep down, I want these people to like me and understand me.

It is quite possibly true that some of those who work in the Roman Curia may be insulated by their position from many of these painful realities, but the value of the service rendered by the Curia to the universal Church is not predicated upon the merits and talents of those who work therein.

But life experience has shown that the harder I hold to my cherished ideas of «infallible» spiritual reality, the more painful it is when reality rips those infallible ideas to shreds.

The world has begun to take on biblical lineaments again for more and more people, and the prophetic vision of reality, painful to assume though it is, again takes hold of their imaginations.

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard's failure to qualify for the FA Cup final on his birthday could be further compounded by the painful reality that he could be leading his team in a guard of honour for champions - elect Chelsea at Stamford Bridge next month, the Daily Mail reports.

The reality that Juventus will suffer a painful loss like this is new and dreadful to them, and most of Juventus» supporters do not like it.

One other possible disadvantage is the degree of pain relief; for some, the idea of giving birth in the water means a tranquil, relaxing environment and a lack of pain, however the reality is that labour is a painful experience and although water may soothe pain, contractions will still be very painful and some women may be disappointed with the degree of pain relief offered by water.

In her article The painful truth about childbirth: contemporary discourses of Caesareans, risk and the realities of pain, she observes:

Labor is believed to be one of the most painful human experiences, but in reality, it varies with every woman and may differ with every pregnancy.

«After the long and painful campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, I understand every impulse to stay clear of the turmoil, to watch but not to intervene, to ratchet up language but not to engage in the hard, even harsh business of changing reality on the ground.

A study of the different ways of interacting with the site now offers an answer: Grazing on the content of other people's idealized lives may make reality painful.

Despite the plea, Ste points to the painful reality he has just been made aware of «You were raped!»

Most likely we ignore them for one of two reasons: either the reality is painful so we choose not to see it, or we see something we don't like in ourselves and it's easier to pretend that it doesn't really exist.

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The film explores the dynamics of emotions by intersecting stories of characters from their past and present with the combination of images and historical references to accentuate the transformation of society and the reality of painful loss

The film explores the dynamics of emotions by intersecting stories of characters from their past and present with the combination of images and historical references to accentuate the transformation of society and the reality of painful loss through time.

Boyle takes advantage of the different moments of the boy's life to immerse himself into painful reality... [Full review in Spanish]