Significant Living

Author : Jerry Rose,Shirley Rose
Publisher : Whitaker House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781603744720

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You are invited to join in a celebration of life and a renewed meaning and significance for the “second half” of your life. It is never too late to find your purpose and continue growing—spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, relationally and vocationally. Jerry and Shirley Rose share life experiences with wisdom and humor and show how you can: Find greater joy in life Deal with past mistakes and right past wrongs Navigate the roadblocks of aging Forgive others—and yourself Discover answers to loneliness, defeat, and despair Overcome fears and failures Strengthen your relationships with others Maintain your physical health Leave a legacy for those who follow you Your latter years can be the most fruitful and satisfying season of your life. Follow the suggestions in this book and you will keep on course for a future of significance.

Author : Peter L. Hirsch,Robert Shemin
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781118175156

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Living the Significant Life by Peter L. Hirsch,Robert Shemin Pdf

Learn the secrets and steps to living a more meaningful life Success is what happens to you; significance is what happens through you. Do busy schedules at home and at work sometimes leave you feeling overwhelmed and uninspired? Maybe you feel stuck in a rut, going through a treadmill of the same routines or bored at a job you don't love. If you want to get more out of life, this book will show you how. The authors' approach has been used successfully by many thousands of people?now you can put it to work for yourself. You'll learn to focus on your passions, set and achieve goals, and harness your full potential in order to live a life filled with meaning?your best life. Shows you how to nurture your passions, re-energize your life, and achieve your full potential Includes dramatic stories of people who have discovered how to live a more meaningful life Written by Peter Hirsch, social entrepreneur and a in-demand public speaker, and Robert Shemin, successful business book author

Author : Todd May
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226235707

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“A tour de force. It is a thoughtful, subtle, beautifully written discussion of what it takes to live a meaningful life.” —Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice Throughout history most of us have looked to faith, relationships, or deeds to give our lives purpose. But in A Significant Life, philosopher Todd May offers an exhilarating new way of thinking about meaning, one deeply attuned to life as it actually is: a work in progress, a journey—and often a narrative. Offering moving accounts of his own life alongside rich engagements with philosophers from Aristotle to Heidegger, he shows us where to find the significance of our lives: in the way we live them. May starts by looking at the fundamental fact that life unfolds over time, and as it does so, it begins to develop certain qualities, certain themes. Our lives can be marked by intensity, curiosity, perseverance, or many other qualities that become guiding narrative values. These values lend meanings to our lives that are distinct from—but also interact with—the universal values we are taught to cultivate, such as goodness or happiness. Offering a fascinating examination of a broad range of figures—from music icon Jimi Hendrix to civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, from cyclist Lance Armstrong to The Portrait of a Lady’s Ralph Touchett to Claus von Stauffenberg, a German officer who tried to assassinate Hitler—May shows that narrative values offer a rich variety of criteria by which to assess a life, specific to each of us and yet widely available. They offer us a way of reading ourselves, who we are, and who we might like to be.

Author : Jim Graff
Publisher : WaterBrook Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 140007262X

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Presents an inspiration guide to living a more purposeful life, and contains five simple steps to personal courage, integrity, and determination.

Author : David Foster Wallace
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780316071000

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This Is Water by David Foster Wallace Pdf

In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

Author : D. Micah Hester
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139483803

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End-of-Life Care and Pragmatic Decision Making by D. Micah Hester Pdf

Every one of us will die, and the processes we go through will be our own - unique to our own experiences and life stories. End-of-Life Care and Pragmatic Decision Making provides a pragmatic philosophical framework based on a radically empirical attitude toward life and death. D. Micah Hester takes seriously the complexities of experiences and argues that when making end-of-life decisions, healthcare providers ought to pay close attention to the narratives of patients and the communities they inhabit so that their dying processes embody their life stories. He discusses three types of end-of-life patient populations - adults with decision-making capacity, adults without capacity, and children (with a strong focus on infants) - to show the implications of pragmatic empiricism and the scope of decision making at the end of life for different types of patients.

Author : Gil Yosipovitch,Shawn G. Kwatra
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781421412344

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Living with Itch by Gil Yosipovitch,Shawn G. Kwatra Pdf

Find relief from chronic itch in this comprehensive guide. We have all experienced itch, whether from insect bites or dry skin, but millions of people worldwide have chronic or even intractable itch. Just like chronic pain, chronic itch interferes with a person’s ability to function—and even affects quality of life. Living with Itch offers relief, drawing on the authors’ vast knowledge of itch, the suffering it causes, and available treatments. Itch researchers and clinicians Drs. Gil Yosipovitch and Shawn G. Kwatra explain the cascade of physiological events that causes us to experience itch. They describe the many skin diseases, from atopic dermatitis (eczema) to psoriasis, and conditions like chronic kidney disease, lymphoma, HIV, and neuropathies that cause itch. Living with Itch provides information on preventing itch as well as topical and systemic ways to treat it. Patient and parent narratives illustrate how people cope with itch and how, with medical and social support, itch can be managed.

Author : John Dempster Bell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1LY7

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The Great Slighted Fortune by John Dempster Bell Pdf

Author : Bob Pepperman Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000072376

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Our Limits Transgressed by Bob Pepperman Taylor Pdf

Is democracy hazardous to the health of the environment?

Author : Johann Peter Lange
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN2ZVE

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The Life of the Lord Jesus Christ by Johann Peter Lange Pdf

Author : Charles Kendall Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : IOWA:31858050670516

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Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia by Charles Kendall Adams Pdf

Author : Donald R. Prothero
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231536905

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Bringing Fossils to Life by Donald R. Prothero Pdf

One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from biology, ecology, and population genetics, bridging the gap between purely theoretical paleobiological textbooks and those that describe only invertebrate paleobiology and that emphasize cataloguing live organisms instead of dead objects. For this third edition Donald R. Prothero has revised the art and research throughout, expanding the coverage of invertebrates and adding a discussion of new methodologies and a chapter on the origin and early evolution of life.

Author : sunita k. mani
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781482885965

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Be.You.Tiful by sunita k. mani Pdf

Wouldnt it be awesome if you could have a conversation with someone about anything no matter how tricky the topic and still not be judged? Growth and conversations go hand in hand. Both represent each other. In a classical conversation, our aspirations, our thoughts, our sense of responsibility can all shift because we begin to perceive life differently after meeting different people. This allows us to arrive at new interpretations and choices that truly make greater sense and impact. As we dwell in a technology-driven era, our conversations are endangered because we have abandoned face-to-face conversations in the name of mere connections. If you are wanting, struggling, trying to find a place where you can learn and have conversations (even the hard ones), if you are ready to deepen your awareness, develop emotional flexibility, or simply tease your curiosity, this book is for you. In the book Be.you.tiful, author and counselor Sunita K. Mani offers practical guidelines on how to deal with everyday issuesbig or small, addiction, infatuation, career, body image, parents, friendships, and more. It contains chunks of conversations related to different aspects that define the life of a young adult. Divided into short crisp segments of dialogues pertaining to a concerned topic, Sunita journeys through the minds of youngsters. Sunita has helped many young adults search their souls and find their answers to complex problems and a way out of tricky situations. She presents Be.you.tiful to help young people build their self-confidence, dismantle inner obstacles, and find the courage to chase their passion.

Author : David R. Snyder
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781284023237

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Elder Crimes, Elder Justice by David R. Snyder Pdf

The proportion of the aged in society today is greater than ever before and growing faster than any other segment of the population. Law enforcement officers are increasingly called upon to manage the needs of the older population they serve. Elder Crimes, Elder Justice addresses all of the special needs of older people and gives the law enforcement officer the confidence that is needed to understand the aging process, communicate effectively with older people, understand the fears of older people, develop effective crime prevention strategies, and respond effectively to the older perpetrator. This book offers insights into the special considerations of the growing elderly population and teaches how to handle day-to-day interactions astutely and empathetically, resulting in a positive outcome for the law enforcement official, for the older person, and for the community. Key Features: -Topics include crime and the older adult; the criminal victimization of older adults; communicating with and interviewing the elderly crime victim; crime specific issues facing the older population; and the older adult as perpetrator. -Each chapter contains multiple case studies. These case studies prompt the reader to think about what they might do if they encounter a similar situation in the field. -Includes Communication Tips throughout to remind the reader of communication issues and how to communicate properly with older adults. -Includes Attitude Tips throughout that demonstrate to the reader how to appropriately handle issues involving older adults

Author : Kenyon College
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : Conduct of life
ISBN : 0316151467

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This Is Water by Kenyon College Pdf

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously' How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion' The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.