Sharing the Ascension Experience
Definitions: (1) advancing or moving onward; (2) making use of or interested in new ideas, findings, or opportunities; forward-looking; (3) marked by growth, reform, or continuing improvement Quotes:• I’ve seen this problem before; does that mean I am making progress or going in circles? — Michael Hanna (1950) 100 Thought Adjusters {2007}• If virtue promises … Read more
Definitions: (1) marked by intellectual depth; (2) seriously or intensely felt; (3) thoroughgoing <profound judgments> Synonyms: humble, mysterious, penetrating Quotes:• Dimension at the Grand Canyon mean nothing to the senses; all we are left with is a troubling sense of immensity. — Clarence Edward Dutton (1814-1912) American geographer• The first function, one might say, of … Read more
Definition: yielding or bringing returns; gainful; lucrative; useful; advantageous; beneficial Quotes:• I’ve never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is a temporary situation. — Mike Todd (1907-1958) American producer• The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practiced, … Read more
Definition: (1) fully accomplished in an art, science, or career; (2) having great knowledge and experience in a trade or profession Derivation: Latin, “to go forward” Synonyms: Proficient implies a thorough competence derived from training and practice; adept implies special aptitude as well as proficiency; expert implies extraordinary proficiency and often connotes knowledge as well … Read more
Definitions: (1) having the character, spirit, or methods found in those who have had advanced training; proficient; (2) competent and courteous in service Balancing Quality: Personal Note: Professional often means efficient, but efficient can be moved to the point of the impersonal. To enhance the quality of professional, add the qualities of personal and practical. … Read more
Definitions: (1) manifesting something; generative; creative <a productive mind>; (2) abundant; fertile; fruitful<of a person: having a green thumb>; (3) bringing into being; causing to exist <especially that which has not exited before> <Picasso was a productive genius.> Quotes:• The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It’s not … Read more
Definition: adherence to the highest principles and ideals; tried and proven virtue and integrity; upright; sincere; veracious; honest Synonym: trustiness Quotes:• Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman statesman• Be more concerned … Read more
Definitions: (1) having advantage, favor, or benefit of one over another; (2) recognition of relative value Balancing Qualities: Respect for others, Self-respect Quote: Few mortals ever dare to draw anything like the sum of personality credits established by the combined ministries of nature and grace. The majority of impoverished souls are truly rich, but they … Read more
Definitions: (1) a pure and natural state; original <often considered superior>; (2) unblemished or untouched; uncorrupted; unspoiled Poetry:To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,One clover, and a bee,And revery.The revery alone will do,If bees are few.— Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet Quote: No man ever looks at the world with … Read more
Definition: an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct; a guiding sense of the requirements and obligations of right behavior Derivation: Latin, “source or foundation” Quotes:• When virtue is lost, benevolence appears; when benevolence is lost, right conduct appears; when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and … Read more