Life Calling Chapters 11&12 Flashcards
Two roads diverged in a wood and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
existing conditions or surroundings
Circumstances
of essential and decisive importance with respect to an outcome
Critical
process or fact of personally observing, encountering, or undergoing something
Experience
the degree or extent of strength or severity
Intensity
persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it
Phobia
If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don’t want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.
David Livingston
On what three levels do passions emerge in our lives?
1) interests
2) desires
3) Life Calling
something that precipitates or accelerates an event or change
Catalyst
steer you toward a course of action
Compel
wish, crave, or long for as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment
Desire
energy or power to influence, affect, or control
Force
cause you to actually start moving in the right direction
Impel
the intrinsic or inherent realm of our existence
Inner
attraction to or curiosity about something; fascination with something captivating
Interest
deep forces in our lives that burn within our hearts and often drive the actions or paths we take
Passions
keep you moving forward or onward in the right direction
Propel
exposure to hazard and the chance of injury or loss
Risk
to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, for the sake of something else
Sacrifice
What does the author say is the sad thing that happens to people on the road from childhood into their teen and college years and then life beyond?
They lose their ability to dream
Catalytic passions are deep forces that do what three things?
1) impel
2) compel
3) propel
What are the three tiers or levels that build to create passion?
1) interest
2) desire
3) sacrifice
a condition in which the novelty of something makes you want to learn more about it
Curiosity
What is one of the real problems with discovering our passions?
It’s hard to distinguish between our own interests and passions and those that others have thrust upon us
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23
Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Take delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun.
Proverbs 37:3-6