Sentences with phrase «self expressions of love»

I feel I am here to remind that we are limitless self expressions of love.

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«He's an egomaniac devoid of all moral sense» ---- said the society woman dressing for a charity bazaar, who dared not contemplate what means of self - expression would be left to her and how she would impose her ostentation on her friends, if charity were not the all - excusing virtue ---- said the social worker who had found no aim in life and could generate no aim from within the sterility of his soul, but basked in virtue and held an unearned respect from all, by grace of his fingers on the wounds of others ---- said the novelist who had nothing to say if the subject of service and sacrifice were to be taken away from him, who sobbed in the hearing of attentive thousands that he loved them and loved them and would they please love him a little in return ---- said the lady columnist who had just bought a country mansion because she wrote so tenderly about the little people ---- said all the little people who wanted to hear of love, the great love, the unfastidious love, the love that embraced everything, forgave everything, and permitted everything ---- said every second - hander who could not exist except as a leech on the souls of others.»

«In trying to build a society that celebrates high self - esteem, self - expression, and «loving yourself,» Americans have inadvertently created more narcissists — and a culture that brings out the narcissistic behavior in all of us.»

It is also an enaction and expression of the self - giving love between husband and wife.

Certainly the elements of play, self - expression and self - discovery, the wary search for the other person which accompany sexuality in every culture, are the foreplay of love.

Take, for example, Jürgen Moltmann's (b. 1926) view of creation as the expression of «God's self - communicative love» or Wolfhart Pannenberg's (b. 1928) rich treatment of the Paschal events confirming for us the eternal truth that Jesus is the obedient Son, the Father is the Ruler of all, and the Spirit is active always and everywhere, including in death.

Yet the basic certainties stand sure; they concern the dynamic reality who is God, God's pervasive action in the world, God's self - manifestation through the whole range of creation, God's focal self - expression in Jesus Christ, the effecting of God's purpose through loving activity in the world and in human existence, and the assurance that our human life is not an end in itself but finds its fulfillment through reception into the divine life.

... While the Principle of Redemptive Withdrawal is focused on the abandonment Jesus experienced as he experienced the Father's judgment on the sin of the world, it is nevertheless grounded in the truth that the cross is the definitive expression of the self - giving, mutual indwelling agape - love that defines the triune God throughout eternity (p. 778).

The ability of Christianity to expose itself to critique and engage in self - refutation is, these theologians argued, the highest and purest expression of its message of love and human freedom.

But every effort to love, in order to break out of the misery of self - preoccupation, is also an expression of the self - preoccupation and is condemned to intensify it.

Here, it said, the reality of the divine self - disclosure in act and the release of the divine love into human existence had a vivid and remarkable expression.

By claiming the male experience to be normative for faith, and by naming the deity as male, we have overemphasized strength and aggressiveness and denied — indeed, repressed — many expressions of faith that focus on God's self - giving, self - emptying love.

Might the antisocial behavior in question be an expression of self - hatred rather than a self - love unable to expand to include others?

And if this happens, what is seen is not really love but an expression of self - centeredness and often a hidden wish to control.

There is an ambivalence about sexuality in some modern psychology that makes it difficult to understand the Christian attitude that sexual self - discipline can be an expression of love.

That God's love, manifest in diverse ways throughout the duration of the universe, might come to a full and unsurpassable self - expression in an individual human being who lived and died in the Middle East almost two thousand years ago does not seem incongruous with what we now understand about the nature of an evolving universe, especially if we regard religion as a phenomenon emergent from the universe rather than just something done on the earth by cosmically homeless human subjects.

Such notions have little or nothing to do with love; they are a matter of human justice which may be a mode of love's expression in certain situations but they are also very misleading because love is ultimately not concerned with «justice» in the vulgar sense — it is above justice, whose interest is either retributive or distributive, for the interest of love is with persons, persons in society with their fellows, and the fulfillment of selves in the giving - and - receiving which is mutuality or union.

If self - seeking predominates in sexual relations, then intercourse, even marital intercourse, is not mainly an expression of love.

Friendship and family love are expressions of the natural self; they are as such neither good nor bad; they are bad when the will of the man is bad.

It is a tangible expression of love and self,

If the man to whom we bear witness is saved, it is neither by encounter with us, nor by our words, nor because of our self - giving, but because God has chosen to love man as the expression of his self - love.

Carnal concupiscence is not the only expression of self - love; but, since it so pervasively affects the most significant bodily expression of conjugal love, its tendency to dominate must be specially resisted; otherwise love may not survive this battle.

Childhoods spent full of freedom to play and explore, an early love of art and drawing, creativity as an expression of self, etc..

It is clear about setting loving boundaries, but also being very kind in helping your child learn both self - control and expression of feelings.

This parental expression of love and recognition, therefore, builds the older child's secure sense of self and reduces or eliminates sibling rivalry.

At a very early age Nicki experienced self - expression through her love of dance and movement.

Shore turned to the self - help shelves to learn the unspoken language of love: He pored over chapters on body language, facial expression and nonverbal communication.

Saturn is in Sagittarius, your fifth house of love, creativity and self - expression.

That Truth and Love, without opinion, permeate my Being to the point of my overflowing expression; joyously sharing my authentic Self in gifts so naturally bestowed in uniquely representing my undivided nature.

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, I embody radiant vitality, loving kindness, and creative self - expression of Spirit that empowers and supports others to do the same.

A channel for clear communication and self - expression; influences your ability to act from a place of compassion and love; jealousy occurs when out of balance

Based on the spiral path of the Celtic Chakras, this set of roll - on oils will support you in your intention to enhance your loving assurance, creative expression, rooted awareness, or wholeness of self.

Through asana and pranayama, self - reflection, subtle body alignment, meditation, and group discussions on acceptance, presence, and allowing, you expose and clear expressions of dense emotions and focus your energy in a love - based approach to life that offers greater clarity of mind.

Whether it's your natural color, the one color you would love to try, or the certain shade you always dye your hair, hair color is such an amazing form of self - expression!

Don't get us wrong — since we are huge advocates of self - expression, we absolutely love how unapologetic she is about her aesthetic preferences.

We're all about self - expression, so we love the idea of ditching the big wedding dress in favor of something more flirty and sweet.

Some of that — OK, a lot of that — was not purely need - driven; I just love clothes, and will always have more than strictly necessary because I consider personal style to be a form of self - expression, and a hobby to boot.

We're mega-inspired by whatever is happening in culture and each season, from politics to social change, we love discovering and stocking products that provide joy and a source of self - expression.

I love tattoos, I think they are a beautiful form of self expression and extremely sexy.

It isn't long before Dick Jarrett catches her eye — and that spark sets off a chain reaction of explosive artistic expression and wild self - discovery, forever upending Chris and Sylvère's preconceptions about love and monogamy.

For me, and I suspect for many others, this activity acts as a deep self - healing process, taking on and working with the reverential driving all those human expressions of love, joy, awe, respect, passion, compassion, honouring, devotion, wonder, gratitude, thankfulness, celebration, courage, commitment — the full range of positive emotions.

Writing is an art, it is about creative expression and although, of course, I would love a publishing contract, for now, I am happy to stick to self - publishing and will just have to do so with the next novel I am writing, so my work does not become a regurgitation of something else before it.

Byatt has described this book as an act of literary self - indulgence, an expression of her love of reading, and it's certainly her most accessible nove

I think writing is an important art and means of self - expression, and that the reason to write is because you love it.

If we are going to argue that a person having love for their culture or for their church is an expression of self - interest, then please tell me what would be self - disinterest.

isn't just an amalgam of tribute levels; it's a twisted, comic, self - reflexive expression of love.

For Rose, as she stated in the catalogue of «The Eighties,» the decades of the»60s and the»70s were periods in which «the self - hatred of the artist expressed [itself] in eliminating the hand...» Such a powerful wish to annihilate personal expression implies that the artist does not love his creation: The art of the»60s and»70s, she argued, was «practiced not out of love, but out

As an Associate Professor at Parsons School of Design in New York she developed and implemented an alternative fashion curriculum with an emphasis on community, self - expression, and love.

Around 30 community members showed up at Love Bank Park on the corner of Cherokee Street and Nebraska Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri with donations for self - care and self - expression.

This ongoing God - enabled pursuit of a holy life is an inner transformation that actualizes a life of purpose and eternal significance.Such a distinctly Christian way of living finds its fullest expression in Christian love, which was exemplified fully by Jesus Christ, and is characterized by humility, self - sacrifice, mercy and justice, and mutual submission for the good of others.