The attributes of this concept include a morality-oriented intellectual connectedness with the self, others, and the universe guided by a connection with the Transcendent and Superior being in order to create meaning in life and find its purpose in the context of culture and religion; transcendence...
Both strongly emphasise the meaning of penance and prayer. Sometimes the similarities are so striking that without seeing the title of the sermon it would be very hard to tell which sermon is which. In his first sermon Ad impetrandam pluviam, the Dominican preacher Nicolas de Gorran writes...
1. Tell me what gives your life meaning and peace. 2. How does your sense of meaning and peace influence how you understand your illness? 3. Would you like to discuss these issues with someone? 4. What would make them harder/easier to discuss? 5. Is there anything else we can do ...
Spirituality in the setting of health care has been defined as the “aspect of humanity that refers to the way individuals seek and express meaning and purpose and the way they experience their connectedness to the moment, to self, to others, to nature, and to the significant or sacred” [...
Recently there has been a great deal of focus on creating sustainable organizations. A commonly cited definition of sustainability is “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” In this chapter, I take the notion of sustainab...