More than that, it is an affirmation -- a religious celebration of death and resurrection, and a secular paean to the triumph of good over evil.
Providing affirmation that it's not OK and you're on the victim's side is a powerful way to support them and help them to recover".
You did it exactly the way it was supposed to be done, because there's no better exclamation point or affirmation that it was time to go than that at-bat.' " Naturally, the home run was not Zeile's only notable achievement that day at Shea Stadium.
I received lots of affirmation that it was a good idea, even from institutions and their public information officers who declined to participate, despite the fact that the service was free early on.
Every reply to spam or reposting of it is affirmation that it's worth continuing doing.
Does the therapist not offer affirmations that it's okay to be L,G,B or T? Perhaps they think that you're LG or B because you had "bad experiences" with the opposite gender, or were bad at sports?
In many of this year's Oscar-nominated films, characters seek connection and affirmation, the knowledge that it is better to be alive than not, and an understanding of what truly matters.
Together, the books constitute something of an It Gets Better Project for mathematically precocious children, offering the same sort of affirmation that is now being given to gay and lesbian adolescents.
Gary Booher, an editor for the LGBT Mormon organization Affirmation, said "It was so realistic that it was scary.
By then, having gone through one life-threatening disease, a couple of down-sizings and the deaths of several family members, I no longer believed that it was positive affirmations, alone, that would guarantee me the experience of fulfillment for which I yearned.
