Attachment is: adherence, faithful, loyal, devout, staunch, steadfast, constant, pious, adhesion, firmness, allegiance, love, affection, fondness, connected, stuck. Attachment is the state of being firmly affixed to someone or something. Our culture has long celebrated attachments of various kinds: romantic love, family loyalty, even attachment to our faith and beliefs. In our present society we […]
Reliability Reliability is: dependable, secure, tried, tried & true, trustworthy, safe, compelling, convincing, valid, certain, accurate, confidence. We seek people and things that can be counted on. Counted on to be there, not to fail. People demand confidence and trust in something or someone. If a reliable person says they will do something, they can
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Belief is: faith, credence, credit, assurance, doctrine, conviction, acquiescence, dogma, conclusion, judgement, persuasion, principle, idea, inevitable. Belief is trust. You can trust a person, an idea, a statement, a decision or a path in life. It seems that this should require proof of some kind, evidence, but often we believe without evidence and sometimes we
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Passion is: desire, affliction, appetite, craving, itch, agony, affection, sentiment, frenzy, transporting, lusty, craving, coveting, aspiring, aiming, intense, fiery, enthusiasm, zealous. Passion, in all of its various meanings, always suggests intensity. Intensity of emotion or belief, which can be experienced as an esoteric euphoria or great suffering. When you feel passion you are living right
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Tolerance is: fortitude, gut, grit, strength, patience, forbearance, clemency, stamina, endurance, indulgence, lenience, mercifulness, advanced, humane, sustained. Tolerance is the force that binds us to all life and to all spirit. It is a divine gift that gets us through difficult trials, unpleasant experiences and pain of all kinds. It teaches us that we cannot escape
Contentment is: satisfaction, delight, gratification, grace, peaceful, appeased, delighted, thrilled, smiling, purring. Contentment seems like a passive thing; in some ways it is, because you can feel it without doing anything. But for the state of mind to be more than fleeting and occasional, it requires a great effort. Not necessarily at a checklist (although
Anger is: provocation, human, release, riled, fury, annoyance, healthy, indignant, creative, destructive, pique, alarm, necessary. Anger is viewed by our culture as primarily a negative thing, and as such we try to avoid it and shame it out of existence. The trouble is, it exists and serves a purpose in the overall scheme of the universe.
Awareness is: alertness, appreciation, attention, consciousness, consideration, insight, knowledge, mindfulness, notice, observation, sensing Awareness is a state of being. You are awake to an idea, a concept, a feeling. You know it exists, yet you may not be a master of it, or even be familiar with it. Awareness is not understanding, but is
Master Rules For All Projects 1. Be Yourself Don’t attempt to try to be someone or something you are not. Figure out who you are, who your brand is, who your company is, and then stay true to that. Having a firm sense of identity makes all the other decisions much easier. It also goes
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