Sentences with phrase «with taking each other for granted»

If you haven't protected your relationship from the drift that comes with taking each other for granted, commit to change.

Not exact matches

It would seem to be offsetting safety gains from other technologies, including not just new automatic collision avoidance systems, but even now taken - for - granted features like anti-lock brakes, which are equipped on a greater percentage of the U.S. fleet with each passing year.

Our churches, whose steeples dot every cityscape and small town in the land, are exempt from paying taxes, and unlike many people of other faiths, we don't have to worry about fighting with our employers to take time off to celebrate our religious holidays as they are largely taken for granted.

On the other hand, perhaps as a recent arrival I can point to some things that others with a longer tenure simply ignore because they have become familiar and taken for granted.

Oppressed Black Americans and other members of marginalized social groups can not afford to enter into the discussion with a take - it - for - granted attitude that the Whiteheadian metaphysical foundations are applicable to their experience.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

We can be Bible - believing Christians without foisting our positions on others, taking them for granted or disregarding the views of people with a different epistemological framework.

Consider this... a person goes to college, gets a four year degree in archaeology (or some antiquities preservation analog); spends summers sifting through sand and rock and gravel, all the while taking graduate level classes... person eventually obtains the vaunted PhD in archaeology... then works his / her tail off seeking funding for an archeological excavation, with the payoff being more funding, and more opportunities to dig in the dirt... do you think professional archaeologists are looking hard for evidence of the Exodus on a speculative basis... not a chance... they know their PhD buys them nothing more than a job at Tel Aviv Walmart if they don't discover and publish... so they write grants for digs near established sites / communities, and stay employed sifting rock in culturally safe areas... not unless some shepard stumbles upon a rare find in an unexpected place do you get archeological interest and action in remote places... not at all surprising that the pottery and other evidence of the Exodus and other biblical events lie waiting to be discovered... doesn't mean not there... just not found yet...

«When you take concern for helping others and add that to intrinsic motivation, people actually become more creative,» said organizational psychologist Adam Grant, author of the best - selling Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, in an interview with Christianity Today.

Third, all but one of Niebuhr's options take for granted that Christians have a common identity with the surrounding culture, that church and culture will mutually support each other, and if there are problems in the culture, Christians are responsible to fix them.

This was its linking belief in God with belief in posthumous careers for human persons, in spite of the fact that, in the Book of Job for instance, although the divine existence is there taken for granted, there is not a whisper about Heaven or Hell, or about posthumous rewards or punishments, or any other prolongations of a person's experiencing after death.

Living with someone for many years, however, whether married or not, might — might — just cause some people to take each other for granted.

I wouldn't necessarily suggest that you do what my mom did, but living with someone 24/7 can create all sorts of conflict, disappointments and resentments, not to mention that couples start taking each other for granted.

On the other hand, it can be just as valuable for your teen to spend time with an elderly grandparent in frail health, since this teaches them empathy and appreciation for all the many skills teens may take for granted.

If we may ask, what is the point of granting the judiciary independence on the one hand if it is taken away with the other, for example, by failing and / or refusing to regularly and punctually pay their salaries and allowances?

«I applaud these legislators» prompt and corageous support on this measure, which will finally allow same - sex couples the freedom to marry and provide them with hundreds of rights that others take for granted.»

Now that she has her ERC grant — which she applied for convinced that she had what it takes to carry out her idea but doubting that her CV would be competitive with others — she has the opportunity to make her research vision a reality.

To help our readers — especially the younger, less established lot — deal with that uncertainty, we gave longtime contributor Beryl Lieff Benderly her own column, «Taken for Granted,» in which she dissects the challenges faced by postdocs and other researchers «who deserve better.»

«Every day, most of us take for granted that when we will to move, we can move any part of our body with precision and control in multiple directions and those with traumatic spinal cord injury or any other form of paralysis can not,» said Benjamin Walter, associate professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Clinical PI of the Cleveland BrainGate2 trial and medical director of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program at UH Cleveland Medical Center.

-- The Institutes and the Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) along with the Office of Research on Women's Health award administrative supplements to existing research grants to hire «reentry candidates,» individuals with a high potential to return to an active research career after taking time off to care for children or attend to other family responsibilities.

We have taken for granted that nurses and others involved with young children, gave loving care.

I realize now some mistakes I made, such as taking everyone's time for granted and letting class run over, and hope to share my advice with other teachers.

Usually, partners get so comfortable with each other that they start taking each other for granted.

«They were advanced in years,» he said, «and didn't want to take for granted the time they had left with each other!»

With the passing years, a couple starts taking each other for granted and this is why they lose all their love and passion.

Grant is unafraid to be goofy in his comic scenes with terrific reactions and wide - eyed takes, contrasting with Ms. Dunne's casual off - handed barbs and go - for - the - jugular scheming, Knowing that these two are meant for each other keeps the comedy percolating.

The year is 1971 and the newsroom is filled with manual typewriters, rotary telephones, and other now - antiquated objects we used to take for granted.

In a political move to reward the AFT - CT for ramming through an endorsement of Dan Malloy, without even granting the other candidates [like myself] the opportunity to fill out a candidate questionnaire, meet with the AFT - CT PAC or address the AFT - CT Board of Directors, Malloy announced on August 21, 2014 that he was taking the unprecedented step of appointing Meriden AFT President Erin Benham to a four year position on the State Board of Education.

Through personalization, preservice teachers are asked to step out from behind the formal title of teacher and begin to appreciate that a successful educator can not take for granted students» ability to verbally communicate with each other.

Whether the patient is afflicted with debilitating arthritis and no longer has the strength to hold a printed book in one hand while turning the pages with the other, or whether the eyesight has deteriorated to the point that reading for information or enjoyment are no longer possible, an e-reader can mean the return of some level of reading that may have once been taken for granted.

Langrish approaches her fantasies as «history with the beliefs put back in» — incorporating the beliefs of people of the past who took for granted the existence of trolls, ghosts, and other spirits.

Iran, before the revolution when woman had some freedom, could attend school and many other liberties that we here in the states take for granted and after with the Mullahs and the morality police, all liberties and freedoms taken away.

I ran into many issues with the YotaPhone that I just didn't have with other phones — things I don't even usually need to test because I just take them for granted.

I enjoyed reading your arguments and you make some good sensible statements - but taken for granted that I am neither naive, or mentally retarded and I have been waiting to be published for decades why haven't I already done so with Lulu or any other Vanity / Self - Published Press?

With stocks markets around the globe, you may face, apart from language barriers, uncertain investor - protection laws, and in some cases a less pronounced commitment to openness, fairness and other qualities we tend to take for granted in established markets.

At 12 years old, Chris could no longer attend school, go to church, go out to dinner, play with other kids, or participate in any other social activities we all take for granted.

We also can not take for granted that pit bulls who get along with other pets today will do so tomorrow.

Taken for granted in almost all WUSV - member GSD clubs worldwide, and with similar tests in other breeds, the courage test that makes up about a third of the activities at the annual BSZS (Bundessieger Zuchtschau, or German Sieger Show) is treated differently according to country.

That assistance could include: providing information on best practices for shelters; taking in some animals when smaller shelters are overcrowded; helping with writing grants and other fundraising strategies; and even encouraging some of a center's key donors to help a cash - strapped smaller organizations in a crisis.

It's remarkable what some groups of people take for granted, while children in other countries are just happy with anything that they receive.

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While many had initially taken for granted any decision made by Nintendo would entail endless adventures with Mario, Zelda, Link, Kirby, Donkey Kong, and a host of other cherished franchises coming along for the ride, it's no longer assured that will be getting the full blown mobile games we were dreaming about.

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Prize staff is working with Global Witness and other partners to demand that the Honduran government conduct a full investigation into the killing, take immediate measures to ensure the safety of the Cáceres family, and grant protection for activists in Honduras.

In the result, access to structures and services which other people take for granted is not available to people with disabilities.

Much like a long marriage, long - term client relationships can fail because «the parties get bored with each other and start taking everything for granted.

long - term client relationships can fail because «the parties get bored with each other and start taking everything for granted.

Dealing with a New Jersey suspended license is no easy task - you will need to find ways to get to work and / or school, and deal with other simple daily tasks that you take for granted.

When you work with others on a mutual project — your resume — they can catch things you miss and ask questions that bring out strengths you take for granted.

It was developed by hearing scientists with the support of the National Institute for Deafness and other Communication Disorders of the National Institutes of Health, under Grant No. 3R43DC009719 to provide a low - cost screening test that can be easily taken over a telephone.