Learning To Live With It

Author : Kevin Olson
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1628391723

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From where I sit today I am forced to look at life from a place I never expected or wanted to be; totally paralyzed from the shoulders down, sitting in a chair that I drive by blowing and sucking in a straw, typing this book one letter at a time with a mouth stick. I never wanted to be here. I never wanted to be in a wheelchair and I never wanted to be a writer. Nevertheless, here I sit typing, because of one seemingly small decision to dive off a boat dock on July 15, 1991, at the age of 19. Shortly after my accident, I would have to make another choice that also altered the course of my life. Do I accept my unwanted circumstances? Acceptance was not a quick, easy process. God used many truths, people and experiences to teach me some big life lessons. The way He used little people was nothing short of miraculous. From a 5th grader named Miranda I learned to look beyond my limitations for things I could do instead of focusing on all the things I could not do. Through a 2nd grader named Alicia I saw that giving what I have to give is more important than what I have to give. Sierra s out of control ride on my wheelchair ended up being the incident God used to teach me the key to trusting Him. While my 3 year old brother s response to a bird pooping on my shoulder, challenged me to not only accept my paralysis, but really learn to live with it. Kevin Olson was born on August 28, 1971. He was raised on a farm just Southwest of Chanute, KS. He was an All-State basketball player who graduated from Chanute High School in the top 10% of his class in 1989. On July 15, 1991, he became paralyzed from the shoulders down as a result of a diving accident. Since 1993 he has devoted his life to kids by tutoring at elementary schools, teaching at the Cherry Street Youth Center in Chanute, traveling around speaking at schools and churches, and serving as a Youth Minister for two churches in Fredonia, KS. After his accident Kevin also obtained his Associates degree and a computer programming certification. Currently he works from home creating websites and is busy promoting his first book, an autobiography titled Learning to Live With It. His life motto is: Do what you can, with what you have, where you are, and don t worry about the rest. ----------------- Kevin is available for speaking engagements, book signings, interviews, and etc. Kevin Olson 620-431-0458 www.kevinolson.net

Author : Kay Peterson,David A. Kolb
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626568716

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How You Learn Is How You Live by Kay Peterson,David A. Kolb Pdf

A guide to awakening the power of learning that lies within each of us, this accessible book offers deep, research-based insights into the ideal process of learning and guides you in identifying your dominant style. --

Author : Luc Ferry
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781847679123

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Learning to Live by Luc Ferry Pdf

From the ordered universe of the ancient Greeks to the shadows of Nietzsche's nineteenth century, LEARNING TO LIVE shakes the dust from the history of philosophy and takes us on a fascinating journey through more than two millennia of humanity's search for understanding - of the world around us and of each other. Both a sparkling and accessible history of Western thought, and a courageous dissection of how religion and philosophy have converged and clashed through the ages, Luc Ferry's blueprint for a new humanism challenges every one of us to learn to think for ourselves, and asks us the most important question of all: how can we live better?

Author : Blanche Verlie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781000438437

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Learning to Live with Climate Change by Blanche Verlie Pdf

This imaginative and empowering book explores the ways that our emotions entangle us with climate change and offers strategies for engaging with climate anxiety that can contribute to social transformation. Climate educator Blanche Verlie draws on feminist, more-than-human and affect theories to argue that people in high-carbon societies need to learn to ‘live-with’ climate change: to appreciate that human lives are interconnected with the climate, and to cultivate the emotional capacities needed to respond to the climate crisis. Learning to Live with Climate Change explores the cultural, interpersonal and sociological dimensions of ecological distress. The book engages with Australia’s 2019/2020 ‘Black Summer’ of bushfires and smoke, undergraduate students’ experiences of climate change, and contemporary activist movements such as the youth strikes for climate. Verlie outlines how we can collectively attune to, live with, and respond to the unsettling realities of climate collapse while counteracting domineering ideals of ‘climate control.’ This impressive and timely work is both deeply philosophical and immediately practical. Its accessible style and real-world relevance ensure it will be valued by those researching, studying and working in diverse fields such as sustainability education, climate communication, human geography, cultural studies, environmental sociology and eco-psychology, as well as the broader public. The Open Access version of this book, available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367441265, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : R. D. Cole
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1491038357

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Due to strong sexual Content and language this book is not suitable for readers under 17 Being alive and living are not always the same. Trudy Love is used to being on her own and has rarely been shown affection. Between growing up in foster care and her abusive boyfriend she has no idea what life can be. At 19 she goes through something no one should ever experience and is left alone once again. Six months later she moves to Mobile, Alabama where she meets someone whose eyes bring back memories of the one person she misses everyday. Too late she finds herself caught in a storm of emotions that are unwanted, but she's determined to fight them off. Jaxon Coleman has a good life, and for him to attend one of the finest Med schools in the country and follow in his dad's foot steps is a dream come true. However, dreams can change in life and when he meets Trudy he knows his will never be the same. Jax knows she has secrets she is unwilling to share, but he's never given up on something he wants and he wants Tru. Can Trudy stop resisting her feelings and welcome the chance to live a different life than she pictured or will her defiance and haunted past eventually take her out of Jax's reach? After tragedy living is not easy, but with the right person it can be learned.

Author : Madisyn Taylor
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1401927777

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DailyOM: Learning to Live by Madisyn Taylor Pdf

Wouldn’t it be great if we were born with instruction manuals? Each one would be different based on what we needed to learn, but the basics would be the same: how to create healthy relationships, how to deal with sorrow and pain, how to reach our goals, and how to know what we want to do with our lives when we grow up. We would continue to receive our own unique life lessons, but we would have a manual to refer to when feeling overwhelmed or lost. In this book, based on the popular Website DailyOM (www.dailyom.com), co-founder Madisyn Taylor seamlessly weaves together her award-winning inspirational thoughts with her achingly honest personal story, revealing the inspiration behind many of the DailyOM messages that touch millions of people every day. Learning to Live is the next best thing to a personal instruction manual: a guiding light to reassure us that we’re on the right path, and to help fix us when we feel broken.

Author : Valentin Biryukov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Altaĭskiĭ kraĭ (Russia)
ISBN : 1887904581

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On Earth We're Just Learning how to Live /cArchpriest Valentin Biryukov ; Translated and Edited by the St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood by Valentin Biryukov Pdf

The memoirs of Archpriest Valentin Biryukov (1922-). Fr. Valentin was born in the Altai region of western Siberia. He has lived through almost the entire history of the Soviet Union-- exiled with his parents in Siberia, wounded while fighting the Nazi blockade of Leningrad in World War II, and finally becoming a priest. During his long life, Fr. Valentin has had innumerable experiences of God's mercy and has met a great many others who have experienced God in profound and at times miraculous ways. He has recorded these experiences in this book in order to strengthen people's faith, and in order to derive teachings on how to live as true Christians: with prayer, love for others, hope in God, humility, repentence, and forgiveness.--Publisher.

Author : Piper Laurie
Publisher : Back Stage Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780823026685

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Learning to Live Out Loud by Piper Laurie Pdf

The noted actress recounts her early shyness and anxieties, her years as a contract actress at Universal, her break with the studio system, her subsequent career in film, the theater, and television, and her personal life.

Author : Joanne Haynes-Klessen
Publisher : Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. : Jalmar Press
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0915190389

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Learning to Live, Learning to Love by Joanne Haynes-Klessen Pdf

Author : Neil Clark Warren
Publisher : Focus on the Family Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1998-10
Category : Love
ISBN : 1561796514

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Learning to Live with the Love of Your Life... and Loving It by Neil Clark Warren Pdf

Drawing on more than 30 years of counseling experience and an in-depth survey of 100 couples who've been blissfully wed for years, author Dr. Neil Clark Warren has pinpointed the "special somethings" that he sees as vital to good marriages.h

Author : Randall Alexander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1941988121

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Learning to Live As One by Randall Alexander Pdf

Preparation for your marriage is vitally important. Ability to develop needed skills is essential for ongoing success. This book is set up to facilitate understanding and communication between you and your spouse-to-be. It will help you to deal with the challenges that marriage brings to all couples: Resolving conflict Forgiving each other Making mutually satisfying decisions Blending your finances Understanding each other's needs Being aware of background influences Learning to have a satisfying sexual relationship Approaching all with a humble and giving spirit Meeting these challenges effectively requires learning, training and getting help from others. This workbook includes exercises and "homework" that will help you consider and discuss many areas in your relationship, giving you a strong foundation for building an enduring marriage. Working through it with your spouse-to-be and with a mentoring couple you trust will help you to: Gain an understanding of possible challenges See the areas that will be the most difficult for you Create a comfortable setting for you to grow your communication skills Learn strategies for coming to oneness in numerous areas Even though this pre-wedding time is busy, make the wise decision to invest in this learning process now so you can build a solid foundation for your marriage. God designed it to bring you a lifetime of joy and satisfaction.

Author : David A. Hamburg M.D.,Beatrix A. Hamburg M.D.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190289072

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Learning to Live Together by David A. Hamburg M.D.,Beatrix A. Hamburg M.D. Pdf

With a view to deepening our understanding of sources of hatred and prejudice, this book uses a developmental and evolutionary perspective to explore and explain the process by which our beliefs are conveyed to the youngest members of society. Discussing the psychological obstacles to peaceful relations between groups, the authors focus on the developmental processes by which we can work to diminish ethnocentrism, prejudice, and hatred, which children learn from a very early age. Until now, scholarship and practice in international relations have gravely neglected crucial psychological aspects of these terrible problems and have not yet explored the educational opportunities related to them. Addressing these promising lines of inquiry and innovation, this book fosters a more humane and less violent development in childhood and adolescence. Educators, religious leaders, developmental and social psychologists, will find this a valuable resource, as will a socially concerned segment of the public who are looking for practical ways to work for peace.

Author : Eleanor Roosevelt
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0664244947

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You Learn by Living by Eleanor Roosevelt Pdf

She was born before women had the right to vote yet went on to become one of America'¿¿s most influential First Ladies. A Gallup poll named her one of the most admired people of the twentieth century and she remains well known as a role model for a life well lived. Roosevelt wrote You Learn by Living at the age of seventy-six, just two years before her death. The commonsense ideas'¿¿and heartfelt ideals'¿¿presented in this volume are as relevant today as they were five decades ago. Her keys to a fulfilling life? Some of her responses include: learning to learn, the art of maturity, and getting the best out of others.

Author : Jane Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1075727863

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Chronic Illness - Learning to Live Behind My Smile by Jane Edwards Pdf

The problem with a long-term chronic illness is that it isn't a quick fight, taking a few drugs and having a couple of weeks in bed will not cure it. It isn't ever an out and out win, you never beat the illness forever. It is a long-term war, some battles you lose and some you win: It is an on-going campaign. It is a chronic illness, after all. In the end, the struggle is about getting to a place where you can live together, the illness and you, and trying to make the most of the environment you share, an attempt to make it a positive life.This book is a collection of experiences I have faced living with a chronic illness, experiences I am still learning from and having to deal with every day. It is like living in no man's land, somewhere between feeling ill and feeling healthy, but not really being healthy or ill.I hope, by sharing my experience, I can help you with your journey, dealing with your chronic illness or give you some tools to help you make some sense of living with a chronic condition. Please note: small sections of the book are only relevant to the UK NHS system.Book Chapters are:Why should you read this book?What is a Chronic Illness?Hello, this is meMy stagesTalking about 'it.'PacmanWho is your battle with?Who to trust with your health?Cheese sandwich again?Remission, relapse are just wordsInspiring? Me?Learning to trust yourselfEverybody has their own battlesFragilityInvisible illnessRare DiseasesMy personal thoughts on ...Changes we can make from today; master of my fate.Final word

Author : Seymour A Papert
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781541675100

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Mindstorms by Seymour A Papert Pdf

In this revolutionary book, a renowned computer scientist explains the importance of teaching children the basics of computing and how it can prepare them to succeed in the ever-evolving tech world. Computers have completely changed the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the case for the value of teaching children with computers. Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classroom can change the way we learn everything else. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization and interaction among students and between students and teachers. Technology changes every day, but the basic ways that computers can help us learn remain. For thousands of teachers and parents who have sought creative ways to help children learn with computers, Mindstorms is their bible.