Teachers help cultivate
such habits of mind by modeling self - assessment and goal setting and by expecting students to apply these habits regularly.
Not exact matches
«Well aware that the opinions and belief
of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the evidence proposed to their
minds; that Almighty God hath created the
mind free, and manifested his supreme will that free it shall remain by making it altogether insusceptible
of restraint; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget
habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan
of the holy author
of our religion, who being lord both
of body and
mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do, but to extend it by its influence on reason alone; that the impious presumption
of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith
of others, setting up their own opinions and modes
of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as
such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part
of the world and through all time.»
After the Holocaust any credible God - talk must be able to take account
of burning children, and any credible theological ethic has to show it is determined to head off
such atrocities at their very beginnings, deep in the
habits of hearts and
minds and in public policies.
We must not only create the greatest opportunity for optimum health through proper nutrition, we also need to clear our
minds and emotions
of negative, toxic thought patterns, and instead discover what it means to «feed them» positive nourishment through wellness
habits,
such as gratitude, laughter, happiness and connecting with nature.
We train coaches in the field
of Dynamic Eating Psychology and
Mind Body Nutrition — both cutting edge fields that provide effective tools and protocols to successfully address the eating challenges
of our day: weight loss, body image, overeating, binge eating, emotional eating, unwanted eating
habits, and the most common nutrition - related health challenges,
such as digestion, immunity, fatigue, mood, and more.
While plans
of such detail were not appropriate in a special topics seminar, we did reinforce the experience
of our students throughout the whole MT program: the importance
of cultivating reflective
habits of mind about professional practice.
This approach also is used in other disciplines,
such as in one
of the «
habits of highly effective people» by Stephen Covey (2004)-- «Begin with the end in
mind.»
I was not thinking
of that danger — for I make it a
habit never to worry about matters that are beyond my control — nor
of the difficulty
of trying to keep my footing while the door
of the cabin rose and fell and the oil lamps swung wildly on their brackets — for mine is the sort
of mind that rises above
such things — but perhaps these considerations did affect me more than I realized, giving a pessimistic cast to my normally cheerful...
I was not thinking
of that danger — for I make it a
habit never to worry about matters that are beyond my control — nor
of the difficulty
of trying to keep my footing while the door
of the cabin rose and fell and the oil lamps swung wildly on their brackets — for mine is the sort
of mind that rises above
such things — but perhaps these considerations did affect me more than I realized, giving a pessimistic cast to my normally cheerful reflections.
Some consider Feeley part
of the Color Field arm
of Abstract Expressionism as well, while other critics
such as Gene Baro saw an independent artist unrelated to the abstract expressionist legacy — «in the way that baroque art is remote from ancient Egyptian art and presumes different standards
of value and
habits of mind.»
And, in any case, Western countries (quite rightly) make a
habit of feeling obliged to meet
such commitments — it's a good example
of what ristvan had in
mind when he distinguished the developed from the disadvantaged.
There will also be unforeseen changes in the
habits of the criminal -
minded as they get wise to the risks
of storing their «work» on local devices and are moved to seek out other approaches
such as cloud computing.