It always reminds me to never
take living in Perth for granted.
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I took my life in my hands, learned from anyone I could, grabbed what opportunity I could, and molded my success step by step.»
A colleague might ask you whether he should teach a class at a local college; what he really wants to talk about is how to
take his life in a different direction.
It was customary for the standard bearers of the KIngs of Israel to
take their lives in the event of the King's death.
However, I don't doubt that there are many parts of this country where you would be
taking your life in your own hands doing this.
Told to confront the Almighty on sacred territory, the prophet
takes his life in his hands as the Lord «passes by.»
For most it means
taking life in our stride rather than letting everything upset us.
It is by living in the midst of the world, by
taking life in our stride, that «we throw ourselves completely into the arms of the God, taking seriously, not our own sufferings, but those of God in the world - watching with Christ in Gethsemane.
The Garden of Eden story, for instance, opens a whole potential discussion for the responsibility involved in the act of eating - the necessity of
taking life in order to live - and how that act should then be approached.
Jeremiah did not
take his life in his own hands, no doubt because God had declared to him years before, «Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you...» (Jeremiah 1:5).
Millstones may not be taken in pledge, for that would be
taking a life in pledge (Deut.
Lewis warned readers of the hazards of relying on intellect — particularly apologetics — over spirituality, writing, «That is why we apologists
take our lives in our hands and can be saved only by falling back continually from the web of our own arguments, as from our intellectual counters, into the Reality — from Christian apologetics into Christ Himself.
I find myself reading the books and emails that survive him, looking for conversation with my lost friend, who
took his life in early March.
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Taking life in one's stride» and living unreservedly in all that it brings, then, is accepting the world God has given us as the place of our pilgrimage.
For every advancement we make in saving lives, we manifest equal amounts of evil that focus on
taking lives in a random fashion.
It took living in the city for 5 years to become so sensitive to nature, that I nearly tear up anytime I am around it now.
He was despondent during much of the 10 - day trip, but on the return flight he let his guard down and confided as to how he wanted to
take his life in a different direction.
Having had a baby w / a CMN first and then my second at home w / a CPM, I realized that I had
taken their lives in to my own hands.
After teaching early childhood classes in a Waldorf school for many years, I was ready to
take my life in a new direction.
She is a young woman of 16 now, being able to
take her life in her own hands and decide what is good for herself and what her aims are and has the profound knowledge of always being held, supported and comforted despite whereever she is.
Babies are the masters of relaxing and
taking life in stride.
How do soldiers come to terms with having
taken a life in combat?
It takes living in sync with your cycles up to a whole new level!
I would to love spend time in France and
take my life in a wonderful new direction after losing my husband several years ago.
Blogging can really
take your life in so many crazy directions.
We all want to
take our lives in our own hands and hurl them out among the stars.
My friends would describe me as kind, intelligent, thoughtful, considerate and an overall easygoing guy with a good sense of humor, who is authentic and who
takes life in stride and doesn't sweat the small stuff.
Single mom and you have to
take life in stride when you have a teenager.
And over 11,000 of people decided to
take their life in their hands.
Elektra's latest job forces her to make a decision that can
take her life in a whole new
Elektra's latest job forces her to make a decision that can
take her life in a whole new direction — or destroy her.
But an encounter at her deposition may
take her life in an entirely unexpected direction.
Maybe the killer
took a life in self - defense.
Strikes and gutters, ups and downs,
he takes life in ambling, unshaven stride — and more than dashing good looks and unparalleled strengths, isn't that something we should all aspire to?
And then, of course, there was the resulting controversy after the film opened - as some were outraged by Kyle's purported real life indifference to
taking lives in Iraq.
Not exact matches
«Through clever research studies and engaging writing, Dweck illuminates how our beliefs about our capabilities exert tremendous influence on how we learn and which paths we
take in life.
«It
took me a long time to be as brave
in my personal
life as I was
in my professional
life... to be brave
in love means opening yourself up to the possibility of heartbreak.»
Elkins is originally from the San Francisco Bay area but
took the digital nomad route a few years ago and now
lives in Tel Aviv.
Check out the findings from several studies, which shine a light on what it
takes to achieve more
in life.
«It
takes a village,» may be incredibly old wisdom, but it's still true despite the fact that very few of us actually
live in villages.
Rather than planning for a retirement end goal, I think it's healthier to think more about
taking a series of sabbaticals
in your
life.
The ranking officer is the team leader, the weapons sergeant knows just about every weapon
in the world, the communications sergeant tees up ordnance or extract, and the medics can
take lives as quickly as saving them.
Successes aside, MacGregor, 66, says the worst day of his
life took place
in 1987, when he had to tell 250 Abax employees that the business was closing.
Now, 14 years after inheriting her father's semi-successful company, she
took in $ 10 million last year by overseeing a half - billion dollars of hotel construction and
living the
life she has always wanted.
They
took what amounted to a year abroad, during which they traveled the world (while working remotely) to see what their expenses would be like and to test whether they would be happy
living the vagabond
life in retirement.
But
life gets
in the way — the refrigerator breaks or an unexpected surgery is needed — and
taking those setbacks
in stride isn't easy.
Pinker
took an
in - depth look at the
life - long habits of centenarians
in Sardinia, an Italian island that boasts six times as many centenarians as the mainland, and ten times as many as North America.
«Thanks to smartphones we
live in a mobile first world, and messaging is the killer app,» he said, «much to the benefit of Snapchat, the mobile messaging app with the rather old - fashioned business model ready and willing to
take the place of TV.»
Elon Musk's far - fetched plan not only to get humans to Mars, but to inhabit it, has evidently driven interest
in the Red Planet: A team of NASA scientists will talk about the challenges of
living on Earth's neighbor, while Lockheed Martin and NASA will combine to talk about the interplanetary travel systems that will
take us there.
But while finally learning to paraglide or making that career change you have long dreamed about may be necessary for your
life satisfaction
in the long - run, short term we shouldn't miss opportunities to
take small steps towards greater well being.