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If I treated just the asthma or obesity... I was a really poor student of history.
The Writers Journey is an insightful and even inspirational guide to the craft of story telling. An approach to structure that is fresh and contemporary, while respecting our roots in mythology." - Charles Russell, Writer, Director, Producer, Dreamscape, The Mask, Eraser
My basic principle for sorting papers is to throw them all away. There is nothing more annoying than papers. After all, they will never inspire joy, no matter how carefully you keep them.
You cannot save yourself from the flesh, or even get rid of it, but if you come and accept Christ in you right now, He can lift you over into the new life.
The decisive cultural turn from humility to self-celebration did not begin in the late 1960s but in the late 1940s–1950s, when therapeutic optimism, consumerism, and humanistic psychology displaced older “crooked-timber” realism. Bestsellers such as Peace of Mind (58 weeks at #1 in 1946) and The Power of Positive Thinking (98 weeks at #1) normalized self-trust over self-suspicion, while Benjamin Spock and Carl Rogers recast moral struggle as self-acceptance and “self-actualization.” The sports archetype shifted from Johnny Unitas’s quiet craft ethos—accepting blame publicly and correcting teammates privately—to Joe Namath’s lifestyle branding and media intimacy, foreshadowing the age of personal spectacle. This reframing produced a new moral ecology that treats internal feelings as moral authority, weakening the external guardrails—tradition, institutions, and exemplars—that once trained desire toward higher ends.
Consider making significant changes to your environment or routine to signal the importance of your deep work tasks. This could involve booking a hotel room for a few days to focus on a project or setting up a dedicated workspace at home.
An elite education doesn’t simply fail to teach you how to talk to people who are genuinely different than you; it tells you that you shouldn’t even bother.
The one thing above everything that grieves God’s Spirit is this lack of love.
When we respect our belongings, we cultivate respect for ourselves and others.
Use your imagination and see the world in terms of what you would like to see happen, not what actually does.
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In the last ecstatic act of ‘unknowing,’ the gap between our spirit as subject and God as object is finally closed.
The chapter advances a practical framework that separates discipline (teaching) from punishment (coercion), insisting that loving parents set boundaries before misbehavior and focus on cultivating self‑discipline. Concrete methods include time‑outs or loss of privileges instead of hitting, and daily practices that build responsibility, such as cleaning up one’s play area so that children learn to “cope with emotional mess” by mastering concrete order. Modeling matters: earlier television families productively resolved conflict through dialogue, reflection, and amends, offering scripts that our current media rarely provide. Shared caregiving also functions as a justice safeguard: when a second parenting figure is available, a child can appeal an adult’s perceived unfairness, and parents gain a reflective partner. The allowance anecdote shows how a godparent’s mediation helped install a boundary‑rich discipline (save and choose, not binge on sweets), while the mother modeled openness to critique—teaching that authority can be just without being infallible.
A man can't be taken to hell, or sent to hell: you can only get there on your own steam.
The book emphasizes that true success stems from focusing on giving rather than receiving. By creating value for others, opportunities naturally arise. For instance, the protagonist learns that prioritizing others' needs leads to meaningful connections and growth.
Our research found that employees in high- performing organizations were 2.2 times more likely to recommend their organization as a great place to work, and other studies have also shown that this is correlated with better business outcomes.
Trusting your body in tennis means letting your body hit the ball. The key word is let. You trust in the competence of your body and its brain, and you let it swing the racket.
Being kind does not mean you don’t share your feelings when you are angry. What it does mean is explaining how you feel and why but without blaming or insulting the other person.
Conversations are infinitely easier when you get an intro through a mutual friend that establishes your credibility and reason for being there.
Worship is regulated by God's authority and for that reason, we are to do what God commands and not add to it in the formal worship of God.
